La Florida en 1941
When the Spanish landed, la Florida was populated by diverse ethnic groups.


Location of the main Indian settlements identified by Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (1575 ca).

The Miami Circle
Master Site File, Division of Historical Resources, Florida. Department of State, Tallahassee, FL.

Indian Canoe from Lake Munson
Master Site File, Division of Historical Resources, Florida. Department of State, Tallahassee, FL.

La Florida Before 1513
Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Florida (24,792 sites). Master Site File, Division of Historical Resources, Florida. Department of State, Tallahassee, FL.
Indians of Florida

Maize, bowl, pearls
John White Illustration. British Museum, London. Woman of Florida

Warrior of Florida
John White Illustration British Museum, London.

Indians fishing
John White Illustration. British Museum, London.

The broiling of the fish over the flame of fire
John White Illustration. British Museum, London.

Calusa masks, original (above) and reproduction (below).
Sawyer, Smithonian Institute, National Anthropological Archives.Suitland, MD.

Silver stylized birds with golden eyes, South Florida
Museum and Bishop Planetarium, Bradenton. David H. Dye, South Florida.

10,000 year-old Simpson Point (projectile point)
found near St. Augustine, FL.