Ko Florida te rohe tuatahi o te United States whenua ki te kia tae, ka noho e Pākehā. haere mai te tuatahi mohiotia kairangahau Pākehā ki te conquistador Spanish Juan Ponce de León. kitea Ponce de León, ka tae i runga i te peninsula i runga i April 2, 1513. huaina e ia te rohe Florida ("whenua o te puawai"). Ko te kōrero e i rapu ia mo te Fountain o Youth he pakiwaitara, a ka puta noa roa i muri i tona matenga. i roto i te Mei 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto skirted te takutai o Florida, rapu hoki i te tauranga hohonu ki te whenua. whakaahuatia e ia he taiepa matotoru o mangroves whero horapa i muri i te maile, tae atu ki te tahi 70 waewae (21 m), ki nga pakiaka intertwined me teitei Spanish hanga taenga whenua. whakaurua te Karaitiana, kau, hipi, te nuinga o nga nekehanga, te reo Castilian, me te maha atu whenua ki te whenua i runga i April 2, 1513.
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