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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
f Porto Rico conflicted with the claims of the family of Columbus; and policy, as well as justice, required his removal. Ponce was displaced. Yet, in the midst of an archipelago, and in the vicinity of a continent, what need was there for a brav life was to flow from a perpetual fountain of the New World, in the midst of a country glittering with gems and gold. Ponce embarked at Porto Rico, with a squadron of 1512 Mar. 3. three ships, fitted out at his own expense, for his voyage to faand eight minutes; some miles, therefore, to the April 8. north of St. Augustine. The territory was claimed for Spain. Ponce remained for many weeks to investigate the coast which he had discovered; though the currents of the gulf-stream, and theem immeasurably rich, since its interior was unknown. The government of Florida was the reward which Chap. II.} 1513. Ponce received from the king of Spain; but the dignity was accompanied with the onerous condition, that he should colonize the