Ponce de León Names Florida
On April 2, 1513, Juan Ponce de León's expedition sighted the Florida coast and gave the peninsula its flowery name.
Tales from the year 1513
The Day Balboa Claimed an Ocean
On September 25, 1513, Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to see the Pacific from the Americas — then waded in and claimed it for Spain.