Juan Ponce de León y Loayza was the son of Juan Ponce de León II, the interim Spanish governor of Puerto Rico in 1579. His mother was Isabel de Loayza born in Villa Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
Juan Ponce de León II, the first native Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico, was the father of Juan Ponce de León y Loayza
The city of Ponce was named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several
Juan Ponce de León y Loayza
…Juan Ponce de León y Loayza Born Juan Ponce de León y Loayza San Juan, Puerto Rico, New Spain Citizenship Spain Known for City of Ponce named after him Spouse Doña Ana de Salamanca Parent(s) Juan Ponce de León II Doña Isabel de Loayza Juan Ponce…
Pedro Barbaboza Parreño was granted the title of "Contador Mayor" of the Real Audiencia on the 26th of november 1724.
Indigenous man collecting cochineal with a deer tail by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (1777). Cochineal was New Spain's most important export product after silver and its production was almost exclusively in the hands of indigenous cultivators
Arrieros in Mexico. Mules were the main way cargo was moved overland, engraving by Carl Nebel
Pedro de Alvarado, one of the first negotiators to hold office in Hibueras where he founded the towns of San Pedro Sula and Guatemala