 juan ponce de leÃ³n ii (1524 - 1591),juan ponce de leÃ³n. by jane sutcliffe. minneapolis, mn: lerner publications company. 2005. isbn 0-8225-2944-0. page 42. was the first puerto rican to become acting governor of puerto rico. ==early years== ponce de leÃ³n ii,(birth name: juan troche ponce de leÃ³n ), was born in san juan, puerto rico to juan garcia "gracia" troche and juana ponce de leÃ³n. the spanish conquistador juan ponce de leÃ³n was juana's father and, consequently, ponce de leÃ³n ii's maternal grandfather. ==settlement in trinidad== ponce de leÃ³n ii was sent by the spanish crown to establish a settlement on the island of trinidad in 1569. he founded the "town of the circumcision", probably around modern laventille. in 1570, this settlement was abandoned, possibly because of the raids by the caribs which resulted in the death of de leon's son. according to some historians, ponce de leÃ³n ii may have been an on and off governor of the island from 1571 to 1591.spanish governors of trinidad ==the first puerto rican acting governor of puerto rico== in 1579, the spanish crown named jerÃ³nimo de agÃ¼ero campuzano governor of puerto rico. he was to replace the then governor francisco de obando y mexia. during the time that it took jerÃ³nimo de agÃ¼ero campuzano to travel from spain to puerto rico, ponce de leÃ³n ii was appointed acting governor. he thus became the first puerto rican to be appointed as acting governor of puerto rico.casa blanca reveals centuries of san juan history ==written work "melgarejo's memoirs"== in 1581, at the request of king phillip ii of spain, juan lopez melgarejo, who served as governor of puerto rico from 1581 to 1582, asked juan ponce de leÃ³n ii to write a general description of the west indies with empha
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