Ponce de León equips three ships with…

March 1513 CE

Ponce de León equips three ships with at least two hundred men at his own expense and sets out from Puerto Rico on March 4, 1513.

The only near contemporary description known for this expedition comes from Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, a Spanish historian who apparently had access to the original ships' logs or related secondary sources from which he creates a summary of the voyage published in 1601.

The brevity of the account and occasional gaps in the record have led historians to speculate and dispute many details of the voyage.

The three ships in this small fleet are the Santiago, the San Cristobal and the Santa Maria de la Consolacion.

Anton de Alaminos is their chief pilot.

He is already an experienced sailor, and will become one of the most respected pilots in the region.

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