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Florida history and culture: From Juan Ponce de León to Ray Charles
Learn more about Florida and its geography, people, economy, and history.
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Florida: flag
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state seal of Florida
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Florida's state bird is the mockingbird.
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The orange blossom is the state flower of Florida.
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map of Florida, U.S.
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alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Florida
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The species is found in...
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Florida
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Intracoastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Intracoastal Waterway (right) at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Key Largo
Palm trees lining a beach in Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, U.S..
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Florida
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United States: Deep South
The Deep South.
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Suwannee River near Chiefland, Fla.
The Suwannee River near Chiefland, Fla.
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Florida: Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park, Florida.
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Tallahassee, Florida: Lake Bradford
Cypress trees in Lake Bradford, Tallahassee, Florida.
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Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee, southeastern Florida.
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waterspout
A waterspout off the Florida coast, photographed from the air.
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Mangroves with palms
Mangroves and palms line the Loxahatchee River in southeastern Florida.
Photograph, © George Wuerthner
Everglades
Freshwater marsh with saw grass, palms, and cypress trees, in the Everglades, southern...
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Florida panther
Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi).
Courtesy, Stuart L. Pimm
Florida: white ibis
Two white ibises (Eudocimus albus) in Florida.
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Florida alligator
An alligator basking near a tram full of tourists in Everglades National Park, southern...
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Florida pompano
Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus).
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Big Cypress Reservation in the Everglades, Florida
Aerial view of a reconstructed Seminole encampment at the Big Cypress Reservation...
Robert Kippenberger, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Billie Swamp Safari, Big Cypress Reservation, Everglades, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Riverfront and skyline of Jacksonville, Florida.
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West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Tampa
Tampa, Florida.
Mike Halterman
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida.
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St. Augustine, Florida: Bridge of Lions
Bridge of Lions, spanning the Matanzas River, St. Augustine, Florida.
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New Horizons liftoff
Liftoff of the New Horizons spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral...
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Florida
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Florida State University
Landis Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida.
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Cà d'Zan mansion in Sarasota, Fla.
The Cà d'Zan mansion, formerly the home of John and Mable Ringling, in Sarasota,...
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida.
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Hernando de Soto in Florida
Hernando de Soto in Florida, 16th-century engraving by Theodor de Bry.
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Second Seminole War
Troops stationed at Tampa Bay, Florida, during the Second Seminole War.
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Tampa: cigar workers
Workers at the Tierra del Lago Cigar Co., Tampa, Florida, 1909.
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Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida, the southernmost city in the conterminous United States. The city,...
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South Beach section of Miami Beach
Art Deco buildings in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Biscayne Bay, Miami
Central Miami, Florida, on (left) Biscayne Bay.
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Hurricane Dennis
Strong winds from Hurricane Dennis, which struck Florida in June 2005.
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United States: 2000 presidential election
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American presidential election, 2004
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