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Tag Archives: Juan Ponce de Leon

In the Gallery: Hunting Alligators by Theodor de Bry, 1591 in La Florida Exhibit

by , Registrar in Art, Artists, Exhibitions

May

07

In 2013, Florida is commemorating the 500-year anniversary of the arrival of Europeans and Africans in the Americas. Juan Ponce de León’s expedition…

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#5 Thomas Moran – Ponce de Leon in Florida

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Nov

15

This painting of early Florida history depicts the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474–1521) in the company of native Floridians.  Moran painted this work to hang in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Moran was familiar with the western Plains Indians and depicted them in the painting instead of the distinctly different [...]

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