This island is rich in history, and was "known" to Europeans by 1502.
Pineda visited in 1519, Narvaes and DeVaca in 1528, DeSoto in 1540, and the DeLuna colonists in 1559.
In 1699 D'Iberville and Bienville arrived under orders from Louis XIV to establish the French colony which became Louisiana
English and Spanish flags flew over the island before it became American in 1813.