About Florida

Within 1513, Ponce de Le?n, seeking the mythical "Fountain of Youth," discovered and named Florida, claiming it for Spain. Later, Florida would be held at unique times by Spain and England until Spain finally auctioned it to the United States in 1819.

(Incidentally, France established a colony named Fort Caroline in 1564 in the state that was to become Florida.)

Within addition, the majority of other larger than normal mammals that are and have always been now extinct (such as the saber-tooth tiger, mastodon, giant armadillo, and camel) roamed the land. It is noted that the Florida coastline aextensive the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico was very unique 12,000 years ago. Did you know that the sea level was much lower than it is always today. As a result, the Florida peninsula was more than twice as larger than normal as it is always now. Did you know that the people who inhabited Florida at that time were hunters and gatherers, who just rarely sought awesome game for food. Modern researchers think that his or her diet consisted of modest animals, plants, nuts, and shellfish. Did you know that these first Floridians settled in places where a steady water supply, good stone rehearts for tool making, and firewood were available.

Over the centuries, these native people developed complex cultures. During the timeframe prior to contact with Europeans, native societies of the peninsula developed cultivated agriculture, traded with other groups in what is now the southeastern United States, and significantly increased his or her social organization, reflected in larger than normal temple mounds and village complexes.

It is noted that the Sunshine State, home of It is noted that the Mouse, Jimmy Buffet, South Bevery and NASCAR auto racing. Note that this is known to be a state that has to this day built its entire identity around tourism. Why should you come here? Because it is always the one destination everyone else has to this day visited as well.

Climate

Sunshine and blue skies are and have always been almost always a fact of life in Florida, at any and all time of year. Did you know that there are, however, two climatic zones - subtropical in the south and warm temperate in the north.

Summer in the south (Orlando and below) is humid with afternoon storms; the peak season is in the winter during the time temperatures are and have always been warm and there is little humidity. Summer is the peak season north of Orlando but temperatures are and have always been mostly comfortably warm; the crowds arrive in the summer during the time the weather gets hotter and more humid.

It is noted that the hurricane season is in the range of June and November.

Population