Discovering Florida : First-Contact Narratives from Spanish Expeditions along the Lower Gulf Coast /

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Florida's lower gulf coast was a key region in the early European exploration of North America, with an extraordinary amount of first-time interactions between Spaniards and Florida's indigenous cultures. Discovering Florida compiles all the major writings of Spanish explorers in the area...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Worth, John E. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Florida.
Floride > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1565.
Florida > History > To 1565.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Sixteenth-Century Spanish Exploration of Florida's Lower Gulf Coast
  • 1. The Juan Ponce de León Expeditions, 1513-1521
  • 2. The Pánfilo de Narváez and Hernando de Soto Expeditions and the Captivity of Juan Ortiz, 1528-1539
  • 3. The Luís Cancer Expedition, 1549
  • 4. The Captivity of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, 1549-1566
  • 5. The Pedro Menendez de Aviles Expeditiions, 1566-1569.

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