Ponce de Leon and the Discovery of Florida

by Sandra Wallus Sammons

Overview

Juan Ponce de Leon was a young soldier in Spain when Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to the New World. Juan accompanied him on his second voyage, and later became Governor of Puerto Rico. On voyages of his own, he explored other islands and discovered an even larger land —Florida. This biography captures the excitement of finding a "new world."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561645930
Publisher:	Pineapple Press, Inc.
Publication date:	03/22/2013
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Sandra Wallus Sammons was for many years a Florida elementary school librarian in Lake County. Learning of the dearth of books on Florida history aimed at fourth graders, she began writing biographies of Floridians who lived fascinating, inspirational lives. She has written all the books in the Pineapple Young Reader Biographies series: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the Florida Crackers; The Two Henrys: Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroad; Henry Flagler, Builder of Florida; Ponce de Leon and the Discovery of Florida; Zora Neale Hurston: Wrapped in Rainbows; and John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early America.

Table of Contents

Foreword viii

Chapter 1 Young Juan Ponce de Leon 1

Chapter 2 Christopher Columbus Finds a New World 5

Chapter 3 A New World for Ponce de Leon 11

Chapter 4 Governor of a Province 17

Chapter 5 Governor of an Island 22

Chapter 6 Discovering Florida 25

Chapter 7 The Other Side of the "Island" 31

Chapter 8 Shot by an Arrow 38

Chapter 9 Remembering Juan Ponce de Leon 43

Afterword 49

To See and Do 52

Glossary 55

Selected Bibliography 57

Acknowledgments 58

Index 59