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Christopher Columbus | landed on a small island off North America instead of Asia. |
Juan Ponce de Leon | was the first conquistador known to have arrived in Florida. |
Panfilo de Narvaez | marched north from Tampa Bay. He wanted to conquer all the lands along the Gulf of Mexico. |
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | wrote in his journal about his eight-year journey from Florida to Mexico City. |
Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere | built Fort Caroline near the St. Johns River. |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles | built a Spanish presidio and named the land St. Augustine. |
Missionaries | taught the Indians to speak Spanish. |
Castillo de San Marcos is built out of | coquina |
Fort Mose was built | to house free Africans and to defend St. Augustine. |
Fort Mose was used to defend | St. Augustine |
Fort Mose was located | 2 miles to the south of St. Augustine. |
de Soto sailed from | Cuba. |
de Soto's travels began | in the year 1539. |
The Apalachees | lived in a settlement near de Soto's winter camp. |
Ponce de Leon | traveled to Cape Canaveral on Florida's Atlantic coast. |
The French built the oven | outside the fort to keep the palm-covered houses from catching fire. |
Native Floridians constructed buildings | using natural resources. |
The Apalachees played a traditional | ball game. |
Native Floridians raised | horses, sheep, and cows. |
Indians often died from diseases | brought from Europe. |