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Although it is often stated that he sighted the peninsula for the first time on March 27, 1513, and thought it was an island, he probably saw one of the Bahamas at that time. [21] He went ashore on Florida's east coast during the Spanish Easter feast, Pascua Florida, on April 7 and named the land La Pascua de la Florida.
Florida is tied with North Dakota as having the fewest earthquakes of any US state. [7] Because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries, earthquakes are very rare, but not totally unknown. In January 1879, a shock occurred near St. Augustine. There were reports of heavy shaking that knocked plaster from walls and articles from ...
Windover Pond is one of a number of sites in Florida excavated since 1970 that have led to a major reassessment of the Archaic period in Florida. Jerald T. Milanich states that Windover has provided "unprecedented and dramatic" information about the early Archaic people in Florida, and that the Windover site may be "one of the most significant ...
Carrying an APOE4 gene further increases the risk for heart disease as well as dementia, experts say. “My sister had three heart attacks, and when I was 40, I was told that I had atherosclerosis ...
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An 18th-century map of Florida. This is a timeline of the U.S. state of Florida ... John Glenn orbits the Earth three times with Friendship 7. 1963–1964: St ...
A study is underway in South Florida to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and hospitals are looking for patients to participate. Can treatment ‘disrupt’ Alzheimer’s in the brain? Help these ...
Roberts Island divides Crystal River and Salt River, a distributary of Crystal River, as they diverge. Both rivers are tidal. [1] The site is 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) downstream from the Crystal River archaeological site, [2] Roberts Island has Hallandale-Rock Outcrop as the primary soil type, with some areas of soil produced by prehistoric human activities. [1]