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1460 Born in Palencia, Spain or Santervas de Campos near Palencia
???? Fights the Moors
1493 Second Voyage of Columbus
November 19 1493 Sees Puerto Rico
1502 Sails with Ovando to Hispaniolia
1503 Governor of Higuey (Hispaniolia) (Today’s Dominican Republic)
1508 Commission to explore Puerto Rico
1509 Becomes Governor of Puerto Rico
1511 Removed as Governor of Puerto Rico – extreme cruelty to Indians or the courts for politics returned island to Diego Columbus
Feb 23 1512 Patent to discover and explore the island of “Bimini”
March 3 1513 Sets sail from Puerto Rico
March 27 1513 Sees coast of Florida (Easter)
April 2 1513 Lands in Florida
April 8 1513 Discovers the Gulf Stream, later the Yucatan Peninsula
September 21 1513 Arrives back in Puerto Rico
1514 Returns to Spain
September 27 1514 Grant to settle Florida
1515 fights revolt on island of Guadelupe
February 20 1521 Set out to colonize Florida
July 1521 Died in Puerto Rico from wound received from Florida Native Americans, buried in the San Juan Cathedral, San Juan, Puerto Rico.