Pinellas County Age of Exploration Clearwater Created by Patricia A. Whissel

The Age of Exploration A.D Ponce de Leon from Spain discovers Florida. The name Florida means full of flowers.

The Age of Exploration A.D Ponce de Leon lands on the WEST COAST of Florida.

The Age of Exploration A.D Panfilo de Navarez from Spain explores TAMPA BAY.

The Age of Exploration A.D Navarez is searching for gold.

The Age of Exploration A.D Navarez has 5 ships.

The Age of Exploration A.D Navarez has 600 soldiers, 60 horses, and packs of dogs.

The Age of Exploration A.D Navarez has his soldiers ransack the Native American village.The Indians then sent them north to find gold.

The Age of Exploration A.D Navarez never returned to Spain. They ended up eating their horses and building boats from trees. Only 4 survived.

The Age of Exploration About A.D Juan Ortiz, age 18, is sent from Spain to find Navarez.

The Age of Exploration About A.D Ortiz goes with another and finds the Native American village Navarez had visited. The friend is killed, but Ortiz is spared because of the chief’s daughter, Ulele. He becomes a slave.

The Age of Exploration About A.D Ortiz angers the chief. Again Ulele saves him, taking him to the village of Macoso.

The Age of Exploration About A.D Ortiz and Macoso become friends. Ortiz learns to speak and live as a Native American.

The Age of Exploration A.D Hernando de Soto arrives from Spain with the largest fleet ever.

The Age of Exploration A.D Hernando de Soto lands near what is now Safety Harbor, then moves north to search for gold.

The Age of Exploration A.D Hernando de Soto uses Ortiz as a guide.Ortiz helps the Spanish and Native Americans become friends.

The Age of Exploration A.D Hernando de Soto went as far as the Mississippi River. He died and was buried in the river.

The Age of Exploration During these years Pinellas was uninhabited. The Native Americans had died in wars with the Spanish and from diseases such as smallpox and measles.

The Age of Exploration A.D Don Francisco Maria Celi was sent by Spain to map the west coast of Florida.

The Age of Exploration A.D Don Francisco Maria Celi labeled it Punta de Pinal which means “Point of Pines.”

This is now Pinellas County.