| short history of the United States for school use: Large Print Contributor(s): Channing, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 167400561X ISBN-13: 9781674005614 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: 973 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (1.37 lbs) 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discovery of Florida, 1513.--In the same year that Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean, Ponce de Leon sailed northward and westward from the Bahamas. On Easter Sunday, 1513, he anchored off the shores of a new land. The Spanish name for Easter was La Pascua de los Flores. So De Leon called the new land Florida. For the Spaniards were a very religious people and usually named their lands and settlements from saints or religious events. De Leon then sailed around the southern end of Florida and back to the West Indies. In 1521 he again visited Florida, was wounded by an Indian arrow, and returned home to die. |