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YoumayknowthataquestfortheFountainofYouthledPoncedeLeontoclaimFloridaforSpainin1513.ButdidyouknowthatittookthefoundingofasettlementbyFrenchProtestantstospurSpaintotakecolonizationseriously?ReadersfollowalltheactionasFrenchforcesaremassacred,St.Augustineisfounded,andSpanishmissionariesbegina200-yearefforttoconverttheIndianstoChristianity.EyewitnessaccountshelpreaderscomparelifeduringfirstSpanishthenBritishruleandfindouthowFloridafinallybecamepartoftheUnitedStatesin1821.ReaderscannowviewtheSunshineState'shistorythroughfresheyesinimpeccablyresearchedtext.