Слайд 3Juan Ponce de León
Florida was the first part of the continental
United States to be visited by Europeans. The earliest known European
explorers came with the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. De León spotted the peninsula on April 2, 1513, and he named the region La Florida ("flowery land")
Слайд 14The Classification of Origin of Florida’s Place Names:
Many place names
are taken from the languages of native peoples;
Many place names are
created by non-native speakers;
Many places are named after the founder or an important politician of the time;
Many places are names after some reservoirs, mountains, forests, hills and valleys, near which they are located.