Download or read book Ponce de Leon Serapis Classics written by Frederic Ober and published by Serapis Classics. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area in 1513.
Download or read book History of the United States Serapis Classics written by John Clark Ridpath and published by Serapis Classics. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, Andrew Johnson took the oath of office, and became President of the United States. He was a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, born in 1808. With no advantages of education, he passed his boyhood in poverty and neglect. In 1828 he removed to Tennessee and settled at Greenville. Here, through toil and hardship, he rose to distinction, and after holding minor offices was elected to Congress. As a member of the United States Senate in 1860-61, he opposed secession with all his powers, and continued to hold his seat as senator from Tennessee. On the 4th of March, 1862, he was appointed military governor of that State. This office he held until 1864, and was then nominated for the Vice-Presidency. Now, by the death of the President, he was called to assume the responsibilities of chief magistrate. On the ist of February, 1865, Congress adopted an amendment to the Constitution by which slavery was abolished and forbidden in all the States and Territories of the Union. By the 18th of the following December the amendment had been ratified by the legislatures of twenty- seven States, and was duly proclaimed as a part of the Constitution. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued as a military measure; now the doctrines and results of that instrument were recognized and incorporated in the fundamental law of the land. The problem of reconstruction of the Southern States was a most serious one and the Republican party came near splitting asunder over it. As early as 1863 President Lincoln had formulated a plan by which any seceding State might be restored to the Union if one-tenth of its voters of 1860 should take an oath to support the Constitution and the laws and should set ...
Download or read book Ponce de Leon Didactic Press Paperbacks written by Frederic Ober and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That great deeds and a broad field of action are not always commensurate is exemplified in the lives of the Ponces de Leon, Juan and Rodrigo, noteworthy names of a family famed in the annals of America and Spain. Of the two, doubtless the latter was the more distinguished in the land of his birth for bravery and military skill; but the former achieved a still wider celebrity by linking his name with the discovery of Florida and the search for the fountain of youth.
Download or read book Who Was Ponce de Le n written by Pam Pollack and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the story of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León and how he shaped the history of both Florida and Puerto Rico during the Age of Exploration in this new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling series. In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to - and naming of - Florida is one of his greatest legacies.
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Leon written by Marc Tyler Nobleman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who played an important role in the history of Puerto Rico and who discovered and named Florida.
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Leon written by Frederick Albion Ober and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Leon written by Andrea Pelleschi and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who established the first European settlement in Puerto Rico. He was also the first European to explore Florida. Readers will follow him on many of his adventures, which included expeditions to find the mythical fountain of youth. Engaging, fact-based text and the comic-book presentation will invoke interest in America's earliest history for even the most reluctant of readers.
Download or read book Watts Library Juan Ponce de Leon written by Gail Sakurai and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells of the life of Juan Ponce de Leon, from his becoming a knight in Spain to his claiming of Florida for Spain.
Download or read book Ponce de Leon written by Wyatt Blassingame and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 1991 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Ponce de Leon in his explorations.
Download or read book Poems from the Spanish of Fra Luis Ponce de Leon written by Henry Phillips and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reimpresión del original, primera publicación en 1883.
Download or read book Ponce de Leon and His Search for the Fountain of Youth Biography for Kids Grade 3 Children s Historical Biographies written by Dissected Lives and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Ponce de Leon and did he find the Fountain of Youth? In this book, you’re going to read about the story of Ponce de Leon. In particular, you will be investigating his role in the settlement of Florida. Further, you will learn about the legend of the Fountain of Youth, where it began and if it was ever found. Start reading today.
Download or read book Juan Ponce De Leon written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An activity book that presents information about Ponce de Leon.
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Leon written by Frederick Albion Ober and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ponce de Le n written by Ann Heinrichs and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along to discover new worlds with some of the greatest explorers in history. Learn about the geographic, economic, and religous reasons that brought them to new regions. Read about the problems they faced and the impact they had.
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Leon written by F. A. Ober and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poems from the Spanish of Fra Luis Ponce de Leon written by Luis de León and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Juan Ponce de Le n and His Lands of Discovery written by John Davenport and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces explorer Ponce de Leâon, including the politics during his life as the New World was discovered, his training as a squire, his eventual movement to, and life in, the Caribbean, and his exploration of Florida.
