Calusa
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The Calusa were a Native American people of Florida's southwest coast. Calusa society developed from that of archaic peoples of the Everglades region. Previous Indigenous cultures had lived in the are
Diorama of a Calusa chief at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Calusa carving of an alligator's head
Watercolor of mask excavated at Key Marco, made by Caloosas or a closely related people
Juan Ponce de León
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Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first European expeditions to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. He was born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid,
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…gathered atop them on "Holy Days to sacrifice aromatic plants and honey". The first recorded contact between the Calusa and Europeans was in 1513, when Juan Ponce de León landed on the west coast of Florida in May, probably at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River, after his earlier discovery of Florida in April. The…
Engraving depicting Ponce de León, in Torquemada's Monarquía Indiana (1615)
The ruins of Juan Ponce de León's residence at Caparra
Juan Ponce de León Conquistador monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ponce de León's statue in Plaza San José, San Juan, Puerto Rico