The History of St. Augustine

Florida, The Sunshine State was first discovered in 1513 by a Spanish explorer named Juan Ponce de Leon. Its first name was La Florida which in Spanish means Flowery Land. He landed there on Easter Sunday, in Spain they call this holiday Pasua Florida.    

Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer was the first Governor of Puerto Rico appointed by the Spanish crown. He was the first to discover Florida and is often associated with the fountain of youth. He was born in 1475 and died in 1521 at the age of 46 or 47. 

This is Ponce de Leon signature

                                                                          

 St. Augustine was explored first in 1513 by Juan Ponce de Leon who claimed it for the Spanish crown.  This was a Timucua Indian village in Saint. Augustine.                 

Timucua Indian Village, Saint Augustine

 

Florida became apart of the United States in 1845. During the Civil War it became a Confederate State. After the war slaves from the St. Augustine area established a community that they named Lincolnville during 1866. St. Augustine has a total area of 10.7 square miles, but 2.4 square miles of that is water.  





This was a paper Duck had to write when she finished her study on the Spanish explorers coming to America for her history lesson. Written Dec 9, 2011