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• Milestones in the colonization
  • Milestones in the colonization
  • Traces of Spain in La Florida
• Path into the unknown
  • Path into the unknown
  • How were the boats?
  • Preparing for the voyage
  • Who traveled on board?
  • How did they navigate?
• An age of Exploration and Encounter
  • La Florida in 1941
  • Exploring La Florida
    • Route de Ponce de León 1513
    • Route de Ponce de León 1521
    • Route Hernando de Soto
    • Route Vázquez de Ayllón
    • Route Menéndez de Avilés
  • Juan Ponce de León
  • Other protagonists of La Florida
    • Other protagonists of La Florida
    • Juan Garrido
    • Cacique Don Carlos
    • Hernando Escalante
    • Fray Luis de Cancer
• Europeans, Africans and Indians
  • Europeans, Africans and Indians
  • Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
  • More progragonists of La Florida
    • More progragonists of La Florida
    • Cacica María Menéndez
    • Fray Francisco de Pareja
    • Juan Rogel
    • Intérpretes y traductores
  • Little-Known Stories
  • St. Augustine's Foundation
  • Conversion of La Florida to Christiany
  • The society of La Florida
  • Colonial diet
• The fountain of youth
  • Seeking the fountain of Youth
  • The Fountain of Youth: from Myth to History
  • The true story of the Fountain of Youth
• Credits

Exploring La Florida

Visitors can discover the different routes of various Spanish expeditions, from Juan Ponce de León (1513) to Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1565), the founder of St. Augustine.