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===Arrival in the New World=== In September 1493, some 1,200 sailors, colonists, and soldiers joined [[Christopher Columbus]] for his [[Christopher Columbus#Second voyage (1493–1496)|second voyage]] to the New World.{{sfn|Allen|1997|p=210}}{{sfn|Kessel|2003|pp=4–5}} Ponce de León, nineteen years old, was able to get passage in this expedition, with Núñez de Guzmán's help,{{sfn|Turner|2013|p=2}} as one of 200 "gentleman volunteers".{{sfn|PickettPickett|2014|p=17}}{{sfn|Scammell|2018|p=396}} The fleet reached the Caribbean in November 1493. They visited several islands before arriving at their primary destination in [[Hispaniola]],{{sfn|Van Middeldyk|1903|pp=12–15}} and anchored on the coast of a large island the native people called Borikén (Boriquen in Spanish), "the land of the brave lord", which would eventually become known as [[Puerto Rico]].{{sfn|Schimmer|2015|p=}} This was Ponce de León's first glimpse of the place that would play a major role in his future. Historians are divided on what he did during the next several years, but it is possible that he returned to Spain at some point and made his way back to Hispaniola with [[Nicolás de Ovando]].{{sfn|Fuson|2000|pp=56–57}}
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