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This week in history: Ponce de Leon makes it to Palm Beach County

On April 21, 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon planted a cross at the Jupiter Inlet on his way south along the Florida coast. It was Ponce De Leon who gave Florida its name.

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Map from the Florida Historical Quarterly

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Posted in Flashback blog April 19, 2010 at 8:40 am.

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