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apr 2, 1513 - Ponce De Leon discover flordia

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Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown. ... Ponce de Leon named the peninsula he believed to be an island “La Florida” because his discovery came during the time of the Easter feast, or Pascua Florida.

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apr 2, 1513
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~ 512 years ago

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