How Florida Got Its Name
In April of 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León set foot on the stretch of land we call Florida today. He was looking for gold, and also for the fountain of youth, a miracle spring that at the time was believed to exist in the New World. Landing not far from today’s St. Augustine, de León examined the coast, found neither the gold nor the fountain, and moved on after naming the place “Florida.”
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