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Ponce de Leon's son inherited Adelantado of FL
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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Having been repulsed by the same Indians in the year 1521,with loss of many of his Spaniards, Juan Ponce retired, mortally wounded, to the island of Cuba, where he died. In recognition of the services of the father, the elder of his two sons, Don Luis, was named as his successor in the office of Adelantado of Florida by the Emperor Charles V.4
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