First encounters : Spanish explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492-1570 / edited by Jerald T. Milanich and Susan Milbrath.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milanich, Jerald T., editor.

Milbrath, Susan, editor.

Series:

Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series.

Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spaniards--United States--History--16th century.

Spaniards.

Indigenous peoples--First contact with other peoples.

Indigenous peoples.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America.

Caribbean Area--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Caribbean Area.

Florida--History--To 1565.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : Library Press@UF, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-SA

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 20, 2018).

ISBN:

9781947372672

194737267X