According to MacDougald, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon visited Tampa Bay in 1521. He sought to establish the first colony in the U.S. at Tampa Bay, but it did not materialize.

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

Ponce de León’s first contract, granted in February 1512, had authorized him to discover and populate Bimini. For his second voyage, he equipped his fleet and sailed for Florida from Puerto ...

Ponce de León and his party landed safely in the port of Bayona de Mior in Galicia, Spain in April 1514. He had not returned to Spain since his departure 21 years earlier in 1493 with Christopher ...

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

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.

September 15, 1513: Ponce's fleet had been beset by tropical storms as it lay anchored at Guatao for some 19 days. Wind- bound, the fleet was trapped there until such time as the weather moderated … ...

ST. PETERSBURG — James MacDougald believes he has rewritten Florida history and added further intrigue to the early story of the Tampa Bay area. St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is considered … ...

The Charlotte Harbor area has been fingered as the location because it is where Ponce de León landed during his first expedition to Florida in 1513. Historians figured he returned there during ...

“Bahía de Juan Ponce is certainly Tampa Bay,” said Milanich, who had previously heard of the Bay of Juan Ponce via Spanish accounts of the expedition. He was taught it was near Charlotte Harbor.