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Palominos Island (Spanish: Isla Palominos) is a small island located off the coast of the barrio of Cabezas in the municipality of Fajardo to the northeast of the main island of Puerto Rico. It forms part of a small chain of cays, reefs, and islets protected by the La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve. The island is home to El Conquistador Resort.
Caparra is an archaeological site in the municipality of Guaynabo in northeastern Puerto Rico. Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1994, the site contains the remains of the first European settlement and capital of the main island of Puerto Rico, specifically the foundations of the residence of Juan Ponce de León, the first European conquistador and governor of Puerto Rico.
Fajardo (Spanish pronunciation: [faˈxaɾðo]) is a town and a municipality part of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area in Puerto Rico.. Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
Statue of the drowning of Diego Salcedo in the plaza of Añasco in Puerto Rico. Diego Salcedo (died 1511) was a semi-legendary Spanish conquistador who is said to have lived during the colonization of the Americas. [1] According to legend, his death at the hands of the indigenous Taíno people ignited the Taíno rebellion of 1511.
Juan Ponce de León [a] (c. 1474 – July 1521 [6]) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first official European expedition to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the Spanish military from a young age.
Portrait of Conquistador Pedro de Heredia. Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá. Pedro de Heredia was born in c. 1505 in Madrid. He was a descendant of a rich family of noble lineage. His parents were Pedro de Heredia and Inés Fernandez.
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