Pascua Florida
Today is kind of a holiday in Florida commemorating the supposed date in 1513 when Spanish conquistador¹ Juan Ponce de León found² the North American continent and named it Tierra La Florida³.
1. That’s thug in Spanish.
2. The millions of people who lived here were apparently totally unaware that it was lost.
3. Shouldn’t that be “Tierra de la Florida”? I guess “Home” wasn’t a very inspired name, no matter what language is used. Most developers do this kind of thing to make believe their crummy subdivision has class.
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Rumor has it that the old boy found at least one native that already spoke Spanish. Kinda shoots the discover meme all to hell.
The indigenous people traveled a good deal further and faster than was believed for a very long time. At local archaeological digs you find things from all up and down the Mississippi River system. There were established trade routes for centuries before ships and sails showed up.