If not Ponce De Leon?
2007-08-03 09:58:41 · 4 answers · asked by zebbie g 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Juan Ponce De Leon was the first to land in Florida in 1513.
In 1521 he returned with 200 settlers to start a colony at St. Augustine, but the colony failed because of Indian attacks.
In 1539 and 1540 Hernando De Soto explored the Gulf Coast from Florida to the Mississippi.
In 1559 a colony was established at Pensacola by Tristan de Luna y Arillano, but this colony also failed in 2 years.
The City of St. Augustine was permanently established in 1565 by Admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles, and is the oldest city in what is now the U.S.
2007-08-03 10:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by mr.perfesser 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
East Coast - Ponce de Leon on his quest for the Fountain of Youth.
Hernando de Soto landed on the West Coast (Gulf of Mexico).
2007-08-03 23:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sprouts Mom 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it was Xavier De La Goners
2007-08-07 11:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Scotish and irish and english was first then the french then spain
2007-08-03 19:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋