Students and scholars alike need look no further than this book for a thorough examination of the life and works of Mexican composer Manuel M. Ponce. It is the first major Bio-Bibliographic work on Ponce with cross-references carefully placed throughout to provide ease in navigation and research. All information is carefully and clearly documented to accurately represent Ponce's vast body of work. Whether interest lies in the man behind the music or the music itself, the book gives readers everything needed to go deeper into studying and understanding this prolific composer.

Opening with a concise, yet full biography of Ponce, this work contains bibliographic information on most writings by and about the composer. A complete works catalogue is included along with a comprehensive discography of commercially produced recordings. Old and rare material noted here will be of particular interest to musicians and scholars of Mexican music.

Briefly describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governer of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went on to become governor of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

All in Spanish book about the discoveries and travels of: Juan Ponce de Leon. Totalmente en español.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... JUAN PONCE'S LAST CAMPAIGN 1521 "A TITH this evyl begynnynge Iohn Ponce V V departed from hence to Boriquen, and from thence to Florida, where he wente alande with his souldiers, to espye a place moste commodious to inhabite and plante a colonic But the Indians comynge forthe againste hym, assayled the Spanyardes fiercely, and slewe and wounded many of them. "At which conflicte also he hymselfe beinge wounded with an arrowe, dyed shortly after, in the ilande of Cuba; and so endynge hys lyfe, consumed a great parte of the rychesse he had before begotten at Saynt Johannes of Boriquen."1 "Juan Ponce had not been as wary as usual," says Washington Irving, with reference to the defeat at Guadalupe, "or he 1 Eden's rendering of Martyr's chronicle. had to deal with savages unusually adroit in warfare.... This blow, at the very outset of this vaunted expedition, sank deep into his heart, and put an end to all his military excitement. Humbled and mortified, he set sail for the island of Porto Rico, where he relinquished all further prosecution of the enterprise, under pretext of ill health, and gave command of the squadron to a captain named Zuniga. But it is surmised that his malady was not so much of the flesh as of the spirit. He remained in Porto Rico as governor; but having grown testy and irritable, through vexations and disappointments, he gave great offence and caused much contention on the island by positive and stronghanded measures in respect to the distribution of the Indians." That the dispirited commander of the squadron sailed away from Guadalupe most reluctantly, we may reasonably suppose, for he left there, never to be seen again by men of his race, the soldiers needlessly sacrificed in the ravine, the women who had been kidnapped by the cannibals,...

This book was written as a textbook for the flats fishing class at Brevard Community College, and consists of two main parts.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Details the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer's travels in the Carribbean and his discoveries of Florida and Puerto Rico during his unsuccessful search for the fountain of youth.

Juan Ponce de Leon was an important figure in the history of the Spanish colonisation of what are today Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the south-eastern United States. While many people are familiar with the name Ponce de Leon, only a handful know the historical truth of what Ponce did -- and did not -- do! This is the most extensive biography to date of this important but misrepresented figure in the early colonial history of America. Written by one of America's foremost experts on 15th and 16th century exploration and discovery, this book dispels the myths about Ponce de Leon and credits him with discoveries for which he previously has not been credited. The author assembles the most extensive collection ever of facts, reasoned inference, translations of critical documents, original maps, historical illustrations, and photographs bearing upon the life and legacy of this important figure. Ponce's life and legacy are examined in the context of Spain's ambitions in the New World during the 16th century.

Cinco relatos históricos, ubicados en el siglo XVI, componen este volumen de cuentos de Luis López Nieves: "El gran secreto de Cristóbal Colón", "El conde de Ovando", "La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de León", "La última noche de Rodrigo de las Nieves" y "El suplicio caribeño de fray Juan de Bordón". ¿Qué ocurrió, en realidad, en el Caribe del siglo XVI? ¿Qué pudo haber ocurrido? López Nieves parte de estas dos preguntas para continuar dotando a Puerto Rico con lo que la doctora Estelle Irizarry, de la Universidad de Georgetown, ha llamado: "Una mitología que perdurará y una narrativa que desafía las barreras de la verdad y la ficción".