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Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478, [3] died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas.Born in Spain, he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier.
In 1528, Pánfilo de Narváez found his way to what would be Wakulla County from the future Pinellas County, Florida, camping at the confluence of the Wakulla and St. Marks rivers. Narváez determined this was a very suitable spot for a fort. In 1539, Hernando de Soto's expedition passed through La Florida with a similar route.
John Gomez was one on the first to use Pass-a-Grille Beach as a vacation area, inviting travelers from St. Petersburg and Tampa to stay at his resort-like structure as early as 1857. Some of the first major businessmen in the area were Roy S. Hanna and Selwyn Morey, who began developing plots of land for homes and lodgings at Pass-a-Grille ...
Cabeza de Vaca argued against this plan, but was outvoted by the rest of the officers. Narváez wanted Cabeza de Vaca to lead the sea force, but he refused. He later wrote it was a matter of honor, as Narváez had implied he was a coward. [9] The men marched in near-starvation for two weeks before coming upon a village north of the ...
Templo de las Chimeneas; Or chimney temple, has a series of semicircular pillars 1.5 meters high, because of this peculiar shape, the building is named. [1] El Pimiento; It has a three bodied structure, its most notable feature is its exterior decor based on skulls representations. [1] Moctezuma's Palace; No information Templo de la Cruz
Hoyt C. "Pat" Murphy, Jr., of Coldwell Banker Paradise Hoyt Murphy Realtors, crawls through a square hatch that leads to a pair of ventilation intake shafts while touring a Cold War-era bomb ...
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As efforts to reopen the childhood museum languished, offers to move the 1,200-square-foot (111-square-meter) house to Las Vegas, Philadelphia and even Saudi Arabia were turned down, Bochetto said.