2/18 He determined to see for himself if these stories were true. _Higginson_, 42.] [Sidenote: De Leon's death.] 11. Discovery of Florida, 1513 .-- In the same year that Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean, Ponce de Leon sailed northward and westward from the Bahamas. On Easter Sunday, 1513, he anchored off the shores of a new land. The Spanish name for Easter was La Pascua de los Flores. |