SUNRISE ~ Vilano Beach ~ Atlantic Ocean ~ First Light
Choppy Sea ~ Sunrise drama at the Inlet ~ Summer 2020
4th of July Holiday ~ Northern Florida ~ Treasure Coast
*[it was raining, stormy, dark and moody]
Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain in 1513. (Christopher Columbus discovered North America in 1492 but actually landed in the Bahamas). Other Spanish explorers later found gold and silver in Mexico and Peru. The treasure was sent back to Spain in ships sailing in the Gulf Stream. Spanish settlements needed to be built in Florida to protect the Spanish Treasure fleets. King Phillip II of Spain sent Pedro Menendez to settle in Florida and drive out French garrisons recently established there. In September 1565, Pedro Menendez with 700 soldiers and colonists landed 'here' and founded St. Augustine making it the oldest continually occupied European settlement in North America ~ Saint Augustine Inlet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns_County,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._augustine_florida 