Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . FLORIDA The /Same. THE origin of this much discussed name is still anopen queston of the writers on this subject, many ofwhom insist that the land was first seen on Palm Sun-day, or, as they erroneously say, Pasciia Florida. TheSpanish name for Palm Sunday is Domingo detamosT TheHebrew term for the Passover is Pasc/ia from \vhencewe have the French Pasquc and the Spanish Pascua,which the Saxon called Easter. In a book printed inLondon in 1763 is the following quaint passage: It hathbeen already observed that this country (Florida) was firstdiscovered
Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . FLORIDA The /Same. THE origin of this much discussed name is still anopen queston of the writers on this subject, many ofwhom insist that the land was first seen on Palm Sun-day, or, as they erroneously say, Pasciia Florida. TheSpanish name for Palm Sunday is Domingo detamosT TheHebrew term for the Passover is Pasc/ia from \vhencewe have the French Pasquc and the Spanish Pascua,which the Saxon called Easter. In a book printed inLondon in 1763 is the following quaint passage: It hathbeen already observed that this country (Florida) was firstdiscovered in 1497 by John Cabot, a Venetian mariner inthe service of Henry VII, King of England. It was morecompletely discovered in the year 1512 by Juan Ponce deLeon, a Spaniard, who gave it the name of Florida becauseit was seen first in Easter, called Pasqiia dc /lores in thelanguage of his country, or as Herreva alledges, because itwas covered with flowers, and the most beautiful blossomsThose who have seen the Easter season in Floridaand the
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