[Conan the Librarian]

ST Johns, New Foundland was settled in 1497.

The Spanish had a Mission in the St. Catherine’s area here in Georgia in 1521. I have held (ok it was in a box and I held the box) an authenticated 1524 Spanish Coin found in Liberty Co, Ga about 20 years ago.

If interested in the topic, look up works by David Hurst Thomas. He found and excavated the Mission from the early 1500 and wrote a several books about it (I got him to sign them the same day as the coin).

The Georgia coast is full of history. This is just one more star.

[Verginius Rufus]

St. John's, Newfoundland, was discovered by John Cabot on June 24, 1497 (the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist). It wasn't settled until later. As late as the American Revolution, Newfoundland was sparsely inhabited, maybe 10,000 people (apparently mostly fishermen who spent the winter months getting drunk).