Flagler College professor published in historical journal

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (11/05/2013)(readMedia)-- Flagler College Social Sciences professor Sam Turner was recently published in the Florida Historical Quarterly.

Turner, who teaches a course in Nautical Archaeology, discussed Ponce de León's 1513 voyage of discovery to Florida in his piece, "Juan Ponce de León and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered."

"Juan Ponce de León was one of the more interesting subjects of my dissertation study on inter-island trade and Spanish colonial expansion in the early 16th century," said Turner. "As this is the 500th anniversary of de Leon's voyage and there are competing claims that dispute north east Florida as the region where he first landed on the Florida coast it seems necessary to write this paper and take the level of research on the subject to the next level."

Dr. Turner also serves as the Director of Archaeology for the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.