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Nov 25, 2015 · Florida: home to sunshine, oranges, spring breakers, and snowbirds. Or, in the words of the 16th century Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto: “full of bogs and poisonous fruits, barren, and the worst country that is warmed by the sun.” For over a hundred years, between Columbus’ initial contact in the Bahamas (1492) and the English …
A component of the Florida State Archives, contains a wide variety of visual images of Florida from the 19th century to current photographs, along with film and video clips. Many of the holdings are from private collections. Subjects included are: local history, family photos, homes, pastimes, native American communities, nature, forests, geology, agriculture, commerce, Florida politics ...
Jul 7, 2021 · In 1565, Spain established a different stronghold when Spaniard Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine. At its peak, Spanish Florida extended west to Mexico and north to the Carolinas. 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 ...
- Old map of America.
- Engraving Explorer Mississippi crocodiles 1851.
- Florida indians engraving 1871.
- carribean map.
- An Economic Look at Modern Florida
- In The Ground - Mining
- Travel by Land, by Air, and by Sea
AGRICULTURAL KINGDOMS
THE ORANGEEMPIRE. To millions of people around the world, the color orange isas synonymous with Floridaas sunshine yellow. Floridaranksfirst in "orange juice" and first in dozens of otherfruit and vegetable products. Unfortunately, the lure of selling farms fordevelopment, the low profit markets for agriculture, and competition of foreignproducts helped byNAFTA may continue to decline the agriculturalmarket. Even attempts to identify Floridaproducts in stores over foreign crops may not offset...
THE TOURIST STATE
THE GREAT TOURIST STATE. Tourismremains the greatest source of status for Florida across the globe. WithWaltDisney World, Florida has the majortourist destination on the planet and this works as an advantage in promotingother Florida attractions despite the determination of the people in BuenaVista to keep every penny spent within their grasp. The power of the DisneyEmpire still makes it more difficult for small family tourist operations tosurvive. Tourism is effected by the economy, the cost...
In contrast to the tourist industry which features Florida'sabove ground assets,phosphate and building materialsexploit Florida'sbelow ground resources. Since 1900, Florida has been a world leader in phosphate,but the industry, now concentrated in Central Florida, is sensitive to newresources in the Middle East and Russia, transportation costs, and...
Transportation is vital for the tourism industry and ,with Miami the"Number One Cruise Port"in the world, transportation is a tourist industry. Florida's location withLatin America continues to make the state the gateway to Central and SouthAmerica, and with the increased standard of living in Latin America, Florida'sexports of machinery, automobil...
This map shows the location of Spanish missions in Florida and Georgia territory in the 17th century and the maximum extent of Spanish Florida during the primary Franciscan mission period between 1587 and 1706. Here you can see the Guale, Mocama, and St. Augustine missions along the eastern coast.
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The materials from St. Augustine, Florida (1565-present) were generated by systematic archaeological excavations over the past 40 years (1959-1999) on 33 Spanish colonial, British colonial, African American, American Indian and post-colonial sites in St. Augustine, Florida. They include more than 1 million items of glass, metals, stone, shell ...
