[DOC] [TLE] Dry Tortugas - Wikipedia [PAR] The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located in the Gulf of Mexico at the 
end of the Florida Keys, ... Bush Key, formerly named Hog Island because of the 
hogs that were raised there to provide fresh meat for the .... Turtles, because 
Ponce de Len, a Spanish explorer, saw several big sea turtles on the island. [DOC] [TLE] Tortuga - Wikipedia [PAR] Tortuga is the Spanish word for a turtle or tortoise. It may also refer to: Contents. [
hide] ... Tortuga (Haiti), a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the 
northwest coast of ... Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the 
United States; Dry ... Disambiguation pages  Place name disambiguation pages  
Ship... [DOC] [TLE] Ponce de Len : Florida's First Spanish Explorer [PAR] Juan Ponce de Len was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida. ... In 1506, 
Ponce de Len discovered a nearby island named Borinquen. ... turtles. He 
named the island Dry Tortugas because there was no fresh water on the island 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Dry Tortugas History | Learn About The Dry Tortugas [PAR] Tortugas means turtles in Spanish, and Ponce de Leon himself caught over 100 
sea turtles during his time on the island. The name Dry Tortugas was later... [DOC] [TLE] The Curious History Of Dry Tortugas National Park [PAR] He promptly named the islands Las Tortugas (the turtles). ... on its ill-fated voyage 
to the bottom of Havana harbor, helping ignite the Spanish-American War. [DOC] [TLE] Sea Turtle Conservancy :: Sea Turtle Species of the World [PAR] Each sea turtle has both a scientific name and a common name. ... The Masirah 
Island's annual nesting population is about 30,000 females, while up to 25,000... [DOC] [TLE] First Spanish Florida - Florida Keys History Museum [PAR] Sailing south, Ponce came upon a chain of islands that he named "Los ... but it 
does give an early name that distinguishes the Keys from other island groups. ... 
he caught many turtles, monk seals and pelicans for food in an area he named... [DOC] [TLE] The Indians and History of the Matecumbe Region - Digital ... [PAR] that time.2 On Spanish maps it is a name which frequently appears, as it did in 
their records. ... nant Indian groups in the southern part of the state. The most ... 4 
Martires or Los Martires is the earliest name for the Florida Keys and was used 
throughout ... Fish, turtle, molluscs, tunny, and whale were the common foods, 
and. [DOC] [TLE] Dry Tortugas Tours - Key West Tours, Activities and Information [PAR] The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida 
Keys, USA, ... The islands were discovered in 1513 by the Spanish explorer 
Ponce De Leon. They were then given the name Las Tortugas (The Turtles) due 
to the ... and Bush Key), make up about 93 percent of the total land area of the 
group. [DOC] [TLE] Sea Turtles in the Dry Tortugas: Tracking Movements of Endangered ... [PAR] Kristen Hart releasing a juvenile green sea turtle after workup and tagging ... In 
1513, Spanish explorer Ponce de Len discovered a small group of islands 
about 100 ... Florida, which he named "Las Tortugas" for the abundant sea turtles 
living... [DOC] [TLE] Culture of Cayman Islands - history, people, women, beliefs, food ... [PAR] He saw two small islands so full of turtles that he named them Las Tortugas, 
Spanish for "the turtles." It was the presence of the marine crocodile, however, 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Sea Turtle Species  Turtle Time, Inc. [PAR] The Loggerhead turtle, so named because of its unusually large head, plies the 
... as far north as NJ and south through the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico. ... 
As the most common of the sea turtles along Florida's coast, the Loggerhead ... 
Unlike some other species of turtle, the Hawksbill does not nest in large groups. [DOC] [TLE] Dry Tortugas National

Question: Group of Florida islands named from the Spanish for turtles
Answer: Dry Tortugas