First Encounters
Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492-1570
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First Encounters
Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492-1570
About this book
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary.
The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists' sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike.
The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Frontispiece
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Series Page
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. Another Worldi
- 2. Columbus’s 1492 Voyage and the Search for His Landfall
- 3. The Search for La Navidad, Columbus’s 1492 Settlement
- 4. Niña, Ship of Discovery
- 5. Puerto Real: Archaeology of an Early Spanish Town
- 6. Hernando de Soto’s Expedition through the Southern United States
- 7. Artifacts of Exploration: Archaeological Evidence from Florida
- 8. Anhaica: Discovery of Hernando de Soto’s 1539–1540 Winter Camp
- 9. The Tristán de Luna Expedition, 1559-1561
- 10. Indian Responses to European Contact: The Coosa Example
- 11. Pedro Menéndez’s Plan for Settling La Florida
- 12. St. Augustine and the La Florida Colony: New Life-styles in a New Land
- 13. Old World Meets New: Views across the Atlantic
- Selected References
- Index
- Illustration Credits (by page number)