This biography introduces young readers to the life of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le n. Readers learn about his early education as a page and a squire to Pedro N ez de Guzm n and his early inspirations, such as Christopher Columbus's stories of reaching the Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. Readers also learn that many historians believe Ponce de Le n joined Columbus's second voyage to the New World, which set sail from C diz,...