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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Discovery</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BQuote%7CAnd%2C%20if%20you%20remember%2C%20though%20you%20probably%20don%27t%2C%20as%20a%20lamebrain%20like%20you%20can%20barely%20seem%20to%20remember%20that%20the%20Florida%20coast%20is%20west%20of%20the%20Antilles%2C%20what%20I%20was%20refering%20to%20as%20%27stupid%27%20was%20your%20plot%20to%20mutiny.%7C%5B%5BJack%20Sparrow%5D%5D%20to%20%5B%5BFitzwilliam%20P.%20Dalton%20III%5D%5D%7CJack%20Sparrow%3A%20Sins%20of%20the%20Father%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Quote%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <div data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" class="quote" data-rte-attribs=" class=quote"> <dl><dd><span data-rte-washtml="1" title="Source: Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father" data-rte-attribs=" title=Source:&nbsp;Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father">"<i>And, if you remember, though you probably don't, as a lamebrain like you can barely seem to remember that the Florida coast is west of the Antilles, what I was refering to as 'stupid' was your plot to mutiny.</i>"</span> </dd><dd>―<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jack%20Sparrow%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jack%20Sparrow%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJack%20Sparrow%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/Jack_Sparrow" title="Jack Sparrow">Jack Sparrow</a> to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fitzwilliam%20P.%20Dalton%20III%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fitzwilliam%20P.%20Dalton%20III%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFitzwilliam%20P.%20Dalton%20III%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/Fitzwilliam_P._Dalton_III" title="Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III">Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III</a><span data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint"><sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5Bsrc%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jack%20Sparrow%3A%20Sins%20of%20the%20Father%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/Jack_Sparrow:_Sins_of_the_Father" title="Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father">[src]</a></sup></span></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AFlorida_1714.jpg%7Cthumb%7C200px%7Cleft%7CThe%20map%20of%20Florida.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Florida_1714.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Florida%201714%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22left%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22The%20map%20of%20Florida.%22%2C%22width%22%3A200%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22The%20map%20of%20Florida.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/pirates/images/a/ab/Florida_1714.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20080705115541" width="200" height="143" class="image thumb alignLeft withCaption" data-image-name="Florida 1714.jpg" data-image-key="Florida_1714.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The earliest known European explorers came to Florida with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Spanish%20conquistador%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Spanish%20Conquistadores%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSpanish%20Conquistadores%7CSpanish%20conquistador%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/Spanish_Conquistadores" title="Spanish Conquistadores" class="mw-redirect">Spanish conquistador</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Juan%20Ponce%20de%20Le%5Cu00f3n%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Juan%20Ponce%20de%20Le%5Cu00f3n%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJuan%20Ponce%20de%20Le%5Cu00f3n%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Juan Ponce de León">Juan Ponce de León</a>, who spotted the peninsula on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22April%202%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22April%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BApril%7CApril%202%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/April" title="April">April 2</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221513%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221513%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1513%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1668-14584029975f01bcaebdb13" href="/wiki/1513" title="1513" class="mw-redirect">1513</a>. Ponce de León named the region La Florida ("flowery land") because it was then the Easter Season, known to the Spanish as Pascua Florida (roughly "Flowery Easter"), and because the vegetation was in bloom. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Ponce de León may not have been the first European to reach Florida, however, because at least one indigenous tribesman whom he encountered in Florida spoke Spanish. From 1513 onward, the land became known as "La Florida", although after 1630 and throughout the 18th century, Tegesta (after the Tequesta tribe) was an alternate name of choice for the peninsula. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key pirates:rte-parser-cache:3373 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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