Poem, Elegía a Juan Ponce de Léon

Alternative Title

Poem, Elegy to Juan Ponce de Léon

Author

Juan de Castellanos
Thomas HallockFollow

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Publication Date

January 1589

Abstract

The first part of Juan de Castellanos' Elegías was published in 1589. "Anthologized selectively for its early description of the Fountain of Youth, the Elegía a Juan Ponce de Léon was in fact one of several attempts by Spanish poets in the Americas to frame exploration and discovery in epic terms." Translated from the original Spanish.

Keywords

Juan Ponce de Léon (1460?-1521), Relations with Indigenous peoples, Fountain of youth (Legendary place), Discovery and exploration

Extent

9 pages

Original Language

Spanish

Language

English

Media Type

Poems

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0003

Type

Article

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Castellanos, Juan de and Hallock, Thomas, "Poem, Elegía a Juan Ponce de Léon" (1589). Early Visions Bucket. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/3