great+individuals+-+Spanish

__ Other great individuals __

The fountain of youth, reputed to be in Florida. 
 * Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa ** (1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish government. He led the first European conquer on Florida, which he named. He is associated with the legend of
 * Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ** (1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the aztec empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of America

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