Assuming that he had found a large island, he claimed the land for Spain and named it La Florida, because it was the season of Pascua Florida ("Flowery Easter") and because much of the vegetation was in bloom.
Supuxo que tiña descuberto unha gran illa, así que reclamou a terra para España e chamouna La Florida, porque era o tempo da Pascua Florida e moita da vexetación estaba en flor.