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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Florida was called la Florida - 'Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de Le�n in 1513. Sometime between April 2 and April 8, Ponce de Le�n waded ashore on the northeast coast of Florida, possibly near present-day St. Augustine. He called the area la Florida, in honor of Pascua florida ("feast of the flowers"), Spain�s Eastertime celebration. Other Europeans may have reached Florida earlier, but no firm evidence of such achievement has been found'.
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