For the complete report, go to Herald.com. Is this 16th century map evidence that Ponce de Leon was not the first European to discover Florida? The map’s owner, Brian Schmitt, an avid map ...

MIAMI — Of all the outlandish myths about Florida's outlandish history, one of the most stubborn holds that Ponce de Leon discovered it in 1513 when he was searching for the Fountain of Youth.

On this day in 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León came ashore on the Florida coast near present-day St. Augustine and claimed the territory for the Spanish crown. He gave Florida its name, ...

On this day in 1514, the Spanish crown granted the explorer Juan Ponce de León a contract to settle the islands of Bimini and Florida — Ponce de León at the time believed Florida was also an ...

Ponce de Leon's small fleet had been coasting along the Florida Keys or Los Martires as they called them, sailing east and north on the return voyage to Puerto Rico. They had arrived at a place ...