This Day in History Entry #269
April 2nd, 2014 by Wordsman
Now, an island of flowers it’s not
But the sunshine they’ve certainly got
When you do there set forth
You go south to get north
And their voting with trouble’s oft fraught
Event: Ponce de León and his expedition become the first Europeans to sight what is now Florida
Year: 1513
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida
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