Check out this map from the website http://www.luddist.com/map.html

It shows the Native American tribes and their position when they first came into contact with the Europeans who first discovered Florida in the 16th century.
Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer and soldier, is credited as being the first European to set foot in Florida. He also established the oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico and discovered the Gulf Stream (a current in the Atlantic Ocean). Ponce de Leon was searching for the legendary fountain of youth and other riches.