Source: Settlement of Spanish Florida (ID619)
Author: Worth, John (ID94)
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1513-01-01 - 1513-12-31
Ponce de Leon attempted to settle Florida
Juan Ponce de León, 1513 . This exploratory expedition was sent from the island of Puerto Rico in search of the fabled island of Bimini, and accidentally resulted in the discovery of the landmass that Ponce named "Florida" in honor of the day of its discovery (Easter, or "Pascua Florida"). The expedition visited the middle and lower Atlantic coast of Florida, and rounded the Florida Keys to visit the Charlotte Harbor vicinity of Southwest Florida before returning to Puerto Rico.
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