That the first multi-year settlement of Europeans in North America was in modern Pensacola, Florida. It was established byTristán de Luna y Arellano who was sent there to colonize what was known as La Florida.

I found his papers free at the Internet Archive if anyone is interested. I’m the only person interested in this aren’t I?

https://archive.org/details/lunapapersdocume01prie/page/n17/mode/2up