1 Vitamin Câs antioxidant properties will help you speed up the removal of the lactic acid and other metabolic waste and reduce your recovery time. 2  Increase collagen production: Collagen constitutes 1% to 2% of your muscle tissue and 6% of your tendons.
Although other European navigators may have sighted the Florida peninsula before, Ponce de Leon is credited with the first recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the Florida coast.
The First Attempt. The first European to ever reach Costa Rica, Christopher Columbus anchored off of its eastern shores on September 18, 1502. After a violent storm damaged his ships and battered his crew's morale, Columbus took refuge in, what he called, the Bay of Cariari (near LimÃ³n) for a period of 17 days.