Florida was the first region of what is now the contiguous United States to be visited and settled by Europeans.
Spain and Florida: A Long History and a Thriving Future, https://youtu.be/Ir6YGyXia_Q. Check out everything Spain and Florida, from Juan Ponce de León’s arrival in 1513, and Florida becoming part of the U.S. 300 years later to the modern Spanish presence in the state in everything from business to culture and language, at spainintheusa.org/spainandflorida!
World Events: In 1565, the Spanish colony of St. Augustine was founded. In 1763, Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom. 1808, French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814. 1812, By decree of Napoleon, Catalonia was incorporated into France and divided into four French departments. It lasts until French troops evacuated Catalonia in 1814.
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning 65,758 square miles (170,310 km2), Florida ranks 22nd in the area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
Florida's largest freshwater lake, Lake Okeechobee, is the second-largest located entirely within the contiguous 48 states and is often referred to as an inland sea. Several beaches in Florida have turquoise and emerald-colored coastal waters.
In May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto skirted the coast of Florida, searching for a deep harbor to land. He described a thick wall of red mangroves spread mile after mile, some reaching as high as 70 feet (21 m), with intertwined and elevated roots making landing difficult. The Spanish introduced Christianity, cattle, horses, sheep, the Castilian language, and more to Florida. Spain established several settlements in Florida, with varying degrees of success. In 1559, Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano established a settlement at present-day Pensacola, making it the first attempted settlement in Florida, but it was mostly abandoned by 1561. Book, The history of Hernando de Soto and Florida; or, Record of the events of fifty-six years, from 1512 to 1568 (Shipp, Barnard, b. 1813).
Soto, Hernando de. Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz) c. 1500 – Guachota, Lake Valley, Arkansas (United States of America) 21.V.1542. Conqueror of Peru, Governor of Cuba, Adelantado and Captain General of Florida. His participation was decisive in the expedition of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to the lands of Nicaragua in 1523 and in the founding of the cities of Granada and Nueva León in 1524 in which he held the position of mayor. In 1530 he was also an expert businessman and partner in one of the various companies dedicated to chartering ships for trade with Panama and building ships with a view to participating in the company to conquer the lands recently discovered by Francisco Pizarro. and Diego de Almagro on the Levante route that was already known as that of Peru.
Hernando de Soto had taken the lead over the first explorer of the interior of the lands of Florida, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who arrived at the Court on those dates (1537) to request the capitulation of the company of his conquest. He was not satisfied with the offer that Soto made him of a prominent place in his expedition and preferred to request another governorate for himself, that of the Río de la Plata.
Related episodes, 1) The Incredible Journey of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1527-1536). Discoverer, conqueror, and advanced. 2) Juan Ponce de León: The First Conquistador of Puerto Rico, La Florida, and the islands of Bimini, and 3) A male-dominated society: Francisco de Fonseca and Conqueror Cristóbal Madrigal were in-laws in Costa Rica, 16th century. Cervantes and His Age: Don Quixote and a Spain in Crisis, http://felizysaludable.blogspot.com.
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