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Southern South Carolina. Spanish Florida ( Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Dec 25, 2017 · In 1812 a group that called itself the Patriots began what became known as the Patriot War. Their goal was to make East Florida an independent territory. The effort failed in 1814. But five years ...
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Dec 21, 2017 · Historian Michael Francis’s journey through the documents at Archivo General de Indias By Michael Francis December 21, 2017 It is still dark when Spain’s
Premiere: 12/26/2017 | 00:00:30 |. Secrets of Spanish Florida – A Secrets of the Dead Special uncovers one story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks. Follow some of America’s ...
St. Augustine was to become the main city of Spanish Florida, built to maintain domination of Florida. During the late 1500s, Pedro Menendez was one of the first governors of Spanish Florida. His reign as governor was marked with the largest expansion of Spanish Florida, and with great poverty in the colony.
Dec 15, 2017 · It was 452 years to the day whenHurricane Irma would hit St. Augustine in 2017, but by all accounts this storm was massive and significantly more powerful. It drove all of the French ships before ...
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 Appalachian Mountains and as far west as Texas in largely ...
