Society for the History of Discoveries 54th Annual Meeting

Juan Ponce de León, who discovered and named Florida for the Spanish in 1513.

The Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries (SHD) will be held this year in Tampa, Florida, at the Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) from October 31–November 3, 2013.

Among the exhibits at this year's TBHC is "Charting the Land of Flowers: 500 Years of Florida Maps," celebrating the 500th anniversary of Florida's naming and discovery by Juan Ponce de León.

• More info about the Annual Meeting
• Tampa Bay History Center