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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 .
7 de jul. de 2021 · 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 on the Georgia coast.
15 de sept. de 2005 · THE SETTLEMENT OF FLORIDA. In 1564 French Huguenots (Protestants) established a small colony along the St. Johns River near present-day Jacksonville. The following year, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés both expelled the French and founded the town of St. Augustine. Florida officially became a Spanish colony.
- Spanish Colonists, Outnumbered, Get Lucky
- Matanzas Inlet Named For Slaughter
- St. Augustine Becomes Center For Spanish Power in Florida
Menéndez almost didn’t succeed. Philip wanted him to destroy the French colony before France could send military forces to Florida to protect it. But by the time Menéndez arrived in Florida in August 1565, he discovered that a force of French reinforcements had arrived before him, according toDavid Arbesú, an associate professor of Spanish at the U...
When Menéndez got back to his encampment at St. Augustine, local Indians told him about seeing white men walking on the beach south of St. Augustine. “Pedro Menéndez realizes that these are the Frenchmen who had been blown away in the storm,” Arbesú explains. Menéndez rushed to the location and found some shipwreck survivors, who had lost their wea...
Instead, after the slaughter, the Spanish stayed in St. Augustine to establish a permanent colony to deter more French from settling. “Philip's support for the effort and successfully establishing a lasting settlement were in large part due to the French presence,” saysShane Mountjoy, provost of York College in Nebraska and author of St. Augustine,...
Nearly 20 years elapsed before Tristán de Luna y Arellano attempted to set up a Spanish colony at Pensacola Bay. The settlement was abandoned in 1561, following its destruction by a hurricane.
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.
The Spanish Claim to Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, 1513-1821. Engrossed in home affairs, European rivals were not immediately prepared to embark on colonial enterprises to contest Spain's right of first priority. Spain's effective claim to Florida began with Juan Ponce de León's discovery and naming of the flowery peninsula in 1513.
