Spanish Florida - Wikipedia
WEBAfter briefly exploring the area around their landing site, the expedition returned to their ships and sailed south to map the coast, encountering the Gulf Stream along the way. The expedition followed Florida's coastline all the way around the Florida Keys and north to map a portion of the Southwest Florida coast before returning to Puerto Rico.
Routes of Spanish Explorers, 1513–1565
WEBDescription: A map of southern North America, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico east the Mississippi Delta showing the routes of the early Spanish explorers Ponce de Leon (1513), De Narvaez (1528), and Hernando de Soto (1535–1542).
Hernando de Soto's Expedition to La Florida (1539-1542)
WEBMar 10, 2022 · From there they sailed and rowed along the Gulf Coast, and 53 days later on 10 September 1543, they arrived at the mouth of the Panuco River in Mexico, where there was a Spanish settlement. Here the de Soto expedition ended after four years and four months, with about half the army surviving.
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda - Wikipedia
WEBIn Aldeacentenera, Spain, in 1494, he led several expeditions in 1519 to map the westernmost coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatán Peninsula to the Pánuco River, and also explored parts of Florida, which at the time was believed to be an island.
WEBIn 1539, Hernando de Soto, a veteran of Spanish conquest in Peru, landed on the Florida coast with a fleet of vessels, a contingent of 600 men, 300 horses, a herd of pigs, some mules, bloodhounds, many weapons, and a large store of supplies.
Hernando de Soto and the Spanish Exploration of the American …
WEBDe Soto's exploration of the Southeast was monumental in scope. He covered territory from the Gulf of Mexico coast north to the Appalachian Mountains, from the Florida shores of the Atlantic to slightly west of the Mississippi River. He discovered major coastal inlets and inland waterways, such as the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, which ...
WEBSpanish version: “The twelfth book, treats of how the Spaniards conquered Mexico City.” Nahuatl version: “Twelfth book, which speaks of how war was waged here in the altepetl of Mexico.”
The Spanish Colonization of Florida - HistoryMiami Museum
WEBSep 15, 2005 · Several other expeditions further acquainted Spain with its new possession. In 1528, for example, Pánfilo de Narváez landed near Tampa Bay and headed north; Hernando De Soto arrived on the Gulf Coast in 1539 and began a four-year trek across Florida and the American South.
La Florida - Encyclopedia.com
WEBSpain ’ s exploration of the region known as La Florida began in 1513 when Juan Ponce de Le ó n sailed to the area looking for riches and slaves. Within the next three years at least three other expeditions explored both the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
Map, Available Online, Gulf Coast | Library of Congress
WEB[Map of Spanish East and West Florida from Mobile Bay to Apalache Bay bounded by the United States boundary on the north]. Depths shown by soundings. Place names in Spanish.
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