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On March 3, A.D. 1513, Don Juan Ponce De Leon set sail from Porto Rico in search of “Bimini” and the “Fountain of Youth.” On Easter Sunday, March 27, he sighted this land and named it “Florida.” On April 3, A.D. 1513, he entered the harbor and landed in this vicinity.
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