The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History

On Easter Sunday, 1512, he discovered the land to which he gave the name of Florida or Flower Land.

Ponce de Leon, a companion of Columbus, was the first to reach the territory of the present United States.

In 1507, the new continent received its name from that of Amerigo Vespucci,

Christopher Columbus, a Genoese in the Spanish service, discovered San Salvador, one of the Bahama Islands, on October 12, 1492.