TAMPA, Fla. — A map considered to be the very first map of the Florida peninsula is going on display at the Tampa Bay History Center. “The Shape We’re In: Early Maps of Florida” exhibit ...

The Tampa Bay History Center has approximately 5,000 maps of Florida, including "several" spanning the 1580s through the mid-1600s that reference a Bay of Juan Ponce, Kite-Powell said. Some of ...