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Spanish West Florida ( Spanish: Florida Occidental) was a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 until 1821, when both it and East Florida were ceded to the United States . The region of West Florida initially had the same borders as the erstwhile British colony.
Jul 7, 2021 · Between 1526 and 1704, Spain established at least 146 missions, mission centers, and native villages – 128 in what is now the state of Florida and 18 on the Georgia coast. But Florida was simply too large for the Spanish to protect.
The Spanish built St. Augustine in 1565 as a base to protect galleons carrying the riches from their colonies home to Spain. St. Augustine was to become the main city of Spanish Florida, built to maintain domination of Florida.
Explore the archaeology and history of 16th-century Spanish shipwrecks, 18th-century Spanish Presidios British-era towns and a Spanish colonial cemetery. Northwest Florida's first major industrial mill complex Arcadia is also represented.
Oct 2, 2023 · Spanish Florida was established in 1513, when Juan Ponce de León claimed peninsular Florida for Spain during the first official European expedition to North America. This claim was enlarged as several explorers (most notably Pánfilo Narváez and Hernando de Soto) landed near Tampa Bay in the mid-1500s and wandered as far north as the ...
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Three Centuries of Spanish Florida. We’ve assembled a collection of over 1,000 teaching resources related to the three centuries of Spanish rule in Florida. The photos, drawings, maps, stereoviews, and other resources are all cleared for non-commercial classroom use by students and teachers.
