History Of The Florida Coast By MIDONNELLAN! 12,480 BCE Indigenous Americans Arrive At Florida Coast 1513 The First Evidence Of A European Encounter In Florida 1528 Pánfilo De Narváez Arrives At Tampa Bay 1622 8 Ships Were Lost In A Hurricane On The Florida Straits 1700 Florida Coast Is Used To Receive Foreign Gold, Silver and Gemstone 1763 British Gain Control Over Ports, Constructing New Infrastructure 1888 Federal Government Made Improvements To Channels And Harbors 1913 Florida Ports Became Staging Areas For US Tropps 1950 Experts Realise Water Levels Are Rising 2016 State, National and Private Entities Agree to A $1bUSD Project