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title: Statue of Juan Ponce de León
author: Dan Lundberg
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15976/statue-of-juan-ponce-de-leon/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Statue of Juan Ponce de León

_Authored by Dan Lundberg_

## Image File

[![Statue of Juan Ponce de León](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15976.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15976.png)

## Image Caption

A modern statue of [Juan Ponce de León](https://www.worldhistory.org/Juan_Ponce_de_Leon/) (c. 1460-1521) in St. [Augustine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Augustine/), Florida. Ponce de León was a [conquistador](https://www.worldhistory.org/Conquistador/) who became the first governor of Puerto Rico and, landing in Florida on an expedition of exploration, gave the region that name in 1513.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Lundberg, D. (2022, May 30). Statue of Juan Ponce de León. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15976/statue-of-juan-ponce-de-leon/>
### Chicago
Lundberg, Dan. "Statue of Juan Ponce de León." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 30, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15976/statue-of-juan-ponce-de-leon/>.
### MLA
Lundberg, Dan. "Statue of Juan Ponce de León." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 May 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15976/statue-of-juan-ponce-de-leon/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Ponce_De_Leon_Statue_-_St_Augustine,_Florida.jpg) by [**Dan Lundberg**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Ponce_De_Leon_Statue_-_St_Augustine,_Florida.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 30 May 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.