CHARLOTTE HARBOR MAD MANY NAMES
If someone told you Punta Gorda and Port Char¬ lotte were separated by a body of water called La Bahia de Esperitu Santa - Bay of the Holy Spirit " you'd probably say, no, it's Charlotte Harbor. And, so It js^ But Charlotte Harbor Bay had various names. The Bay of the Holy Spirit was in some documents left by the crew of the Ponce de Leon expedition. Bahia Honda -- or Deep Bay - was the name from 1513 to 1521. Menendez, In 1566, named It San Antone Harbor, the Christian name given by him to the sister of the Indian Chief Carlos. Some records during 1567 refer to Charlotte Harbor as the Bay de Tampa. The present name came In 1769 from a Dutch surveyor, Capt. Bernard Romans, who probably named It for Princess Charlotte, Queen of King George III, who then occupied the English throne.
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This item is housed in the Genealogy Room, Mid-County Regional Library, Charlotte County Library System, 2050 Forrest Nelson Boulevard, Port Charlotte, Florida 33952
CHARLOTTE HARBOR MAD MANY NAMES
If someone told you Punta Gorda and Port Char¬ lotte were separated by a body of water called La Bahia de Esperitu Santa - Bay of the Holy Spirit " you'd probably say, no, it's Charlotte Harbor. And, so It js^ But Charlotte Harbor Bay had various names. The Bay of the Holy Spirit was in some documents left by the crew of the Ponce de Leon expedition. Bahia Honda -- or Deep Bay - was the name from 1513 to 1521. Menendez, In 1566, named It San Antone Harbor, the Christian name given by him to the sister of the Indian Chief Carlos. Some records during 1567 refer to Charlotte Harbor as the Bay de Tampa. The present name came In 1769 from a Dutch surveyor, Capt. Bernard Romans, who probably named It for Princess Charlotte, Queen of King George III, who then occupied the English throne.
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This item is housed in the Genealogy Room, Mid-County Regional Library, Charlotte County Library System, 2050 Forrest Nelson Boulevard, Port Charlotte, Florida 33952
