Geography played a critical role in the economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston, since all of these cities were located on the Atlantic Ocean and had protected harbors, that allowed for unprecedented levels of trade with both other states and other nations.
When crossing the Withlacoochee River de Soto and his crew were battled against the strong tide of the river. He also crossed the Aucilla River with some troubles there too. Their crops were ruined and were no longer able to be used.
History tells us, and has done for years, that the name of America came from one Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine transatlantic explorer who was a navigator with Christopher Columbus in 1499, and the first geographer to realise that the Americas were separate continents.
