Florida yaiva nharaunda yokutanga yeUnited States yakashanyirwa uye yakagadziriswa nevaEurope. Vatsvakurudzi veEurope vakatanga kuzivikanwa vakauya neSpanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. Ponce de León akaona ndokusvika pamhenderekedzo musi waApril 2, 1513. Akatumidza nzvimbo yacho Florida ("nyika yemaruva"). Nhau yokuti akanga achitsvaka Tsime reUduku ndeyechokwadi uye yakaonekwa kwenguva refu mushure mekufa kwake.Muna May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto akakomberedza mhenderekedzo yeFlorida, achitsvaka chiteshi chakadzika chenyika.
Ponce de León