Emily Stehr

Interesting History of San Juan [puerto Rico] Emily Stehr

Word Origin of San Juan: "A seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the northern part." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/san-juan Pedro de Cieza de Leon; Sir Clements Robert Markham, editor, translator; The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, AD 1532-50, Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru; Vol 2; Vol 33 of Hakluyt Society; Half-title: Works issued by the Hakluyt society no XXXIII; Issue 33 of Works issued by the Hakluyt Society; ISSN 0072-9396; Hakluyt Society; 1864 Pedro de Cieza de Leon writes: "FOURTEEN hundred and ninety-two years had passed away since the Princess of life, the glorious virgin Mary our Lady, begot the only-begotten Son of God, and the Catholic kings Don Fernando and Dona Isabel of glorious memory were reigning in Spain, when the illustrious Christoval Colon set forth with three caravels and ninety Spaniards, whom the said kings ordered to serve under him. After sailing twelve hundred leagues to the westward over the wide ocean, he discovered the island of Espanola, where now stands the city of Santo Domingo. Then also were discovered the islands of Cuba, and of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Yucatan, Tierra Firme, New Spain, the provinces of Guatemala and Nicaragua, and many other islands and kingdoms as far as Florida; and afterwards the great kingdom of Peru, Rio de la Plata, and the strait of Magellanes. Yet so many years had elapsed during which this vast expanse of land was unknown in Spain, nor was there any rumour concerning it!"