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  2. Alonso Álvarez de Pineda - Wikipedia

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    Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (Spanish:; 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

  3. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of what might be Florida from the 1502 Cantino map Timucua Indians at a column erected by the French in 1562 A 1527 map by Vesconte Maggiolo showing the east coast of North America with "Tera Florida" at the top and "Lavoradore" at the bottom. A 1591 map of Florida by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues.

  4. Timeline of Florida history - Wikipedia

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    1943 September 26: Florida's first oil well is drilled in Collier County by Humble Oil Company. [10] 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated. 1949 March 21: The first television station in Florida begins broadcasting, WTVJ. It is the 16th TV station to start broadcasting in the United States and is the oldest station still broadcasting in the ...

  5. Maritime history of Florida - Wikipedia

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    As large parts of the Florida coast remained unprotected by lighthouses until late in the 19th century, ships frequently wrecked along coast, particularly along the Florida Keys, where for a while wrecking made Key West the largest and richest city in Florida. The U.S. Navy has played a prominent role in Florida's maritime history. In the 1820s ...

  6. Gulf Coast of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , and Florida , and these are known as the Gulf States .

  7. Florida becomes first state to use ‘Gulf of America’ after ...

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    Florida has become the first state to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as “The Gulf of America” following in lockstep with Donald Trump’s explosive inaugural speech, according to an official ...

  8. Geography of Florida - Wikipedia

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    At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.

  9. History of cartography - Wikipedia

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    The specialization of map services is ever growing. New map projections are still being developed, university map collections, such as Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas, offer better and more diverse maps and map tools every day, making available for their students and the broad public ancient maps that in the ...