Albert Rix

Historical marker location:

1 St Armands Circle, Sarasota, Florida

( Marker is at the intersection of St Armands Circle and North Boulevard of the Presidents, on the left when traveling west on St Armands Circle.)

Marker installed: 1999

Circus Ring Of Fame.

The first European to explore Florida was actually a Spanish sailor named Juan Ponce de León in 1513, not the more well-known Christopher Columbus.