The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

According to MacDougald, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon visited Tampa Bay in 1521. He sought to establish the first colony in the U.S. at Tampa Bay, but it did not materialize.

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

First however, all four vessels had cargo to land. The cargo was taxed the 7 1/2 percent almoharifazgo, or import tax. Carrying this cargo helped defray some of the costs of the expedition. Much ...

Of all the outlandish myths about Florida’s outlandish history, one of the most stubborn holds that Ponce de Leon discovered it in 1513 when he was searching for the Fountain of Youth.

On his first visit to Florida, in April 1513, Ponce de León landed at the site of present day St. Augustine. Believing he had found the island of Bimini, he named the region Florida because of ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

Editor's Note: Sam Turner's series regarding the arrival of Juan Ponce de Leon in the New World and in honor of the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's arrival continues. Turner is sharing ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...