A cikin watan Mayu na 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto ya kewaye bakin tekun Florida, yana neman tashar jiragen ruwa mai zurfi don sauka. Ya bayyana wani bango mai kauri na mangroves ja da aka shimfiɗa bayan mil mil, wasu mil sun kai 70 feet (21 m), tare da tsattsauran ra'ayi da kuma tsattsarkan asalin Mutanen Espanya suna sa saukowa. Kiristanci, shanu, tumaki, yawancin digiri, harshen Castilian, da kuma saukowa a kan tsibirin a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1513. Ya kira yankin Florida ("ƙasar furanni"). Labarin da yake nema na Fountain of Youth shine almara kuma ya bayyana ne kawai bayan mutuwarsa. A watan Mayu na 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto ya kewaye bakin tekun Florida, yana neman tashar jiragen ruwa mai zurfi don sauka.
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