Jacksonville is the county seat of Duval County in Florida at approximatively 400 km north of Miami. It is the  largest city by land area in the United States, the eleventh largest in the world and the thirteenth most populous city in the United States which is some 782,623 people into the business, retail, medical and banking iness, retail, medical and banking .

The first settlement in the area, called Ossachite, was made over 6,000 years ago by the Timucua Indians in the vicinity of modern-day downtown Jacksonville . European explorers first arrived in 1562, when french explorer  Jean Ribault charted the St. Johns River (see article Fort Caroline )

The settlement that became Jacksonville was founded in 1791 due to its location at a narrow point in the river where cattle were once driven across. The city was renamed in 1822 for Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and eventual seventh President of the United States

Due to the St John River and the Atlantic Ocean, four modern seaport facilities, including 's newest cruise port, make Jacksonville a full-service international seaport.: Jaxport. Jaxport Cruise Terminal  providing cruise service toKey West, Florida, the Bahamas, and Mexico.