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The NPS issued a prospectus soliciting proposals for this contract in May 2008 and received four proposals. Ponce de Leon named the islands Tortugas Meaning turtles because he caught exactly 160 turtles while he was there. The site is probably protected due to the Unfinished coastal fortress Fort Jefferson. The islands where first discovered on June 21, 1513. The first person to see the islands was Ponce de Leon.