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Apr 2, 1513:
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
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.
Although other European navigators may have sighted the Florida
peninsula before, Ponce de Leon is credited with the first
recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the
Florida coast. The Spanish explorer was searching for the
"Fountain of Youth," a fabled water source that was said to bring
eternal youth. 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.
In 1521, he returned to Florida in an effort to establish a
Spanish colony on the island. However, hostile Native Americans
attacked his expedition soon after landing, and the party
retreated to Cuba, where Ponce de Leon died from a mortal wound
suffered during the battle. Successful Spanish colonization of
the peninsula finally began at St. Augustine in 1565, and in 1819
the territory passed into U.S. control under the terms of the
Florida Purchase Treaty between Spain and the United States.
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