Spain was the first country to claim Florida in 1513 when explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the east coast of the peninsula.
Juan Ponce de LeΓ³n is the Spanish explorer who landed and claimed present-day Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth in 1513. He was in search of the legendary fountain that was said to have the power to restore youth to those who drank from it.
Florida was named for a term in Spanish which is Pascua Florida. Translated into English it means Flowery Easter and refers to the season of Easter. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and landed in what we now call Florida during Easter and gave the state it's name.
It would be Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon when he landed in Florida, but the Vikings were in North America 500 years before the Europeans. Eric the Red landed in Newfoundland and colonized it. There is even some evidence that the Chinese made landfall in North America.
Florida was named for a term in Spanish which is Pascua Florida. Translated into English it means Flowery Easter and refers to the season of Easter. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and landed in what we now call Florida during Easter and gave the state it's name.
Which explorer landed on Canada
Florida, which means "flowery" in Spanish, was named by the explorer Ponce de Leon, who landed during Easter.The nickname "The Sunshine State" was given because of the state's generally warm, sunny weather.Florida got its nickname by its warm climate and abundant sunshine.
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it is where the spanish landed near Georgia,Florida,South Carolina and each mission had a name
The first recorded European to set foot on Australian soil was Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. He landed on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
That is a peninsula.
Florida was named by Juan Ponce de Leon, who landed during 'Pascua Florida'. Spanish for "Flowery Easter," referring to the Easter season.