By way of “History of Juan Ponce de Leon’s Voyages to Florida: Source Records” By T. Frederick Davis JUAN PONCE DE LEON TO CHARLES V Porto Rico, February 10, 1521. “Among my services I discovered, at my own cost and charge, the Island Florida, and others in its district, which are not mentioned as being small and useless; and now I return to that island, if it please God's will, to settle it, being enabled to carry a number of people with which I shall be able to do so, that the name of Christ may be praised there, and Your Majesty served with the fruit that land produces. And I also intend to explore the coast of said island further, and see whether it is an island, or whether it connects with the land where Diego Velasquez is [Mexico], or any other; and I shall endeavor to learn all I can. I shall set out to pursue my voyage hence in five or six days.”