3355 - Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

Pensacola is old by North American standards. It was first settled by the Spanish in 1559 when conquistador and explorer, Tristán de Luna y Arellano, landed here with about 1500 on 11 ships. They had come from Veracruz, Mexico to establish an outpost. Later that year a hurricane decimated the outpost and killed a number of sailor and colonists, sank six ships, and ruined supplies.

Today Pensacola has a population of about 55 000 people, but are a part of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area which has about 500 000 people.

Pensacola is nicknamed The City of Five Flags because five different governments have ruled it: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Confederate State of America. It also has the nickname of The World's Whitest Beaches because the sand of this area of Florida is white.

Pensacola Beach, from where this card is from, is an unincorporated community on Santa Rosa Island, just south of Pensacola. It has about 2750 residents.

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