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Ana Gallum was married to Joseph Wiggins in a Protestant ceremony in 1779 in Rolleston, Florida. [5] Now known as Palatka, the city was held by the British from 1763 to 1784, at which time it was ceded to the Spanish as part of the 1783 Treaty of Paris. [4] This rendered the marriage between Wiggins and Gallum moot in the eyes of the Catholic ...
Spanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Hernando de Miranda (died 1593) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was governor of Spanish Florida from 1575 to 1577. He took office after the death of the first governor of the province, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
Menéndez determined the route they followed, which led through the Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) and up the east coast of Florida, [9] taking advantage of the current of the Gulf Stream. In 1561, however, Menéndez was jailed by Casa officials for alleged smuggling, but he got his case transferred to court and won his release.
Floridanos (English: Floridians) is a term for colonial residents of the Spanish settlements in St. Augustine and Pensacola [1] who were born in Spanish Florida. [2] Descendants of the original Floridanos can be found throughout the state, especially in St. Augustine, [ 3 ] as well as in Miami , Tampa , and Orlando .
The Martyrs of La Florida (d. 1549–1706) were a group of Native American and Spanish Catholics killed in Florida during the Spanish Empire's colonial expansion into North America. The group of 86 individuals includes a number of priests and laypeople, killed by Native Americans and subjects of the British Empire . [ 1 ]
Juan Ortiz was a Spanish sailor who was held captive and enslaved by Native Americans in Florida for eleven years, from 1528 until he was rescued by the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1539.
The massacre of the French Huguenots took place at Matanzas Inlet, which in the 16th century was located several hundred yards north of its present location. [1]The Massacre at Matanzas Inlet was the mass killing of French Huguenots by Spanish Royal Army troops near the Matanzas Inlet in 1565, under orders from King Philip II to Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the adelantado of Spanish Florida (La ...