No. 10 (2019): Revista de Museología "Kóot"
Artículos

500 years of Spanish in the United States

Mario Bencastro
Bio

Published 2019-01-31

Keywords

  • Hispano-American Literature,
  • Spanish,
  • History

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.

Keywords: Hispano-American Literature, Spanish, History.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.5377/koot.v0i10.6709
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11298/795