500 years of Spanish in the United States

Abstract

When the explorer Juan Ponce de León arrived on this Atlantic coast on April 2, 1513, he did not know that he was taking a historic step of profound linguistic repercussions. Supposedly sought the source of eternal youth, which according to a tahína legend was in these surroundings. On his route he spotted a land he called Florida, due to the flowering vegetation he saw or because it was Easter Florida time.