First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492 - 1570.

Milanich, Jerald T. and Susan Milbrath; Editors.

Published by Gainesville: University of Florida Press, Florida Museum of Natural History, ()., 1989

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Quarto, softbound (stiff, full-color illustrated slick wrappers), 222 pp. Very Good+, with slight rubbing to edges. From lower cover: Even as the Spanish heritage of the Caribbean and the southern United States becomes more politically and culturally prominent, public knowledge of Spain's attempts to explore and settle these areas remains scanty. Few textbooks make the point, for instance, that Florida was a part of Spain for nearly three hundred years, much longer than it has been part of the United States. Drawing on the most recent historical and archaeological research, First Encounters describes the period of early Spanish contact with New World peoples. These readable essays report original research and investigations mounted over the last ten years, a decade of remarkable breakthroughs in our knowledge about the significant events that followed Columbus's landing in 1492. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, U. S. History, United States History, American History, Americana, U.S.-iana, Native American, American Indian, Spanish Colonization, Colonial America aslic.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492 - 1570.
• Publisher: Gainesville: University of Florida Press, Florida Museum of Natural History, ().
• Publication Date: 1989
• Binding: Soft cover