St. Augustine Research Paper

Juan Ponce de Leon was the first European known to have visited present-day United States in 1513. He also discovered Florida and the Bahama Channel, and colonized Puerto Rico according to the Mariners Museum website. In 1502, he left on a voyage with Frey Nicolás de Ovando and arrived at Santo Domingo. He lived there from 1502 to 1504 and was named the island’s captain by Ovando. De Leon then moved to Salvaleón and lived there from 1505 to 1508. In 1506, he made a request to travel to and conquer Borinquen. After receiving permission from Ovando, he started a settlement there and renamed it San Juan de Puerto Rico. On March 3rd 1513, he left Puerto Rico with 3 ships to explore north of Cuba. On March 27th 1513 he sighted mainland Florida.

In December 1684, LaSalle reached what he thought was Apalachee Bay near the northwestern bend of Florida.He had sailed past the Mississippi Delta which was a navigational error.They continued to sail west.Beaujeu returned to France with news of the expedition’s problems in 1685.Meantime LaSalle built Fort Saint Louis and planned an overland trek.The sinking of the Belle didn’t help matters.By 1687 fewer than

According to FMM in an article titled Francisco Menendez, this was true because in the 1740’s, England attacked Fort Mose, but most of the citizens there were already moved to the protection of St. Augustine. Sharon M. Draper was able to accurately depict the characters, while also giving them their own story.

On this island, there was rumored to be a “fountain of youth” where waters revived its drinkers. Juan Ponce de Leon led an expedition to Bimini in 1513, traveling with three ships and over 200 men. Similar to Christopher Columbus, Juan landed on a different part of land than he had planned. He didn’t realize that he landed on the east coast of what would later become Florida rather than a different island. In dedication to the region’s floral vegetation, Ponce de Leon named it “Florida”. He also discovered the region at Easter time, or Pascua Florida to Spaniards. He explored the coast and discovered the Gulf Stream, which would help future Spanish ships find their way home. When Juan returned to Puerto Rico, he found the settlement burned by a neighboring

Apparently, while Juan Ponce was talking to the Indians, he realized that our current land is not Bimini, but a new world of its own. He decided to name the place “Pascua Florida” as a remembrance of Pascua Florida Day had just passed. I wanted to name it “Bercerilloland” but no one agreed with me. You would not like it here, my crew mates are dim-witted and insufferable.

In addition, there were many domestic and foreign policies Philip II created during his rule in power. One policy he created was against the Muslims. As of the year that he created the policy, he lost half of the strength of his navy from losing wars with the Turkish Empire, as talked about before ("Philip II"). While attempting to repair his navy back to its full strength once again, the Muslim pirates attacked Spain. Prisoners were taken, but King Philip was able to bring back his navy, but soon enough, the Turks attacked again and it was looking very poor for Spain at this point ("Good King Philip?"). After many more small wars, both sides were left with very little military presence, so Spain and France signed a truce. Philip II also created a two-fold policy: “He sent ministers to Portugal to build up support for him being king which would have meant Spain absorbing Portugal into her kingdom” (Trueman). He also created a very large army, also stated above. The noblemen of Portugal supported Philip II, and also clearly hoped to get rewards for their support. Nearly all of the problems Philip II faced were results of his policies and problems that were soon to be fixed.

When he found new land he named it florida meaning array of flowers he found lots of gold and accomplished what he was looking for even though what he did was very dangerous considering the fact of how many natives were in the area around them when he landed on florida march

The Florida Keys celebrates a diverse and colorful history that is full of adventurous tales of Native American Indians, Spanish, pirates, hurricanes, and shipwrecks. Offering the only living coral barrier reef in the U.S, this island archipelago lies along the Florida Strait stretching 200 miles from Biscayrie Bay to the Dry Tortugas. Before Spaniard Ponce De Leon’s expedition in 1573, the Florida Keys was home to Native American Tribes, Calusa and Tequesta. The Spanish named these islands Los Martires (the martyrs) and rightfully so, since many ships were wrecked on the reef during early times. However, the name was once again changed by the Spanish to “Keys” from the Spanish word “cayos” meaning “Small Island.” Subsequently, the official name Florida Keys was adopted.

In the article “Spanish king, queen greet residents” the king and queen of Spain visit St. Augustine to kick off the first ever U.S.-Spain council meeting. While visiting St. Augustine the king and queen did many things. First they visited Plaza de la Consticucion. Here King Felipe gave a speech to those who had come to see him and his wife. The next thing they did was visit the Castillo de san Marcos. A cannon fired to signal their arrival. They toured the place with the superintendent Gordie Willson. They finally went to Flagler College to eat lunch. Special visitors were government leaders and local businesses. The king also gave a speech to all the people at the lunch about the cooperation between Spain and

Between the years of 1535 and 1547, some sixty-six Spanish ships were captured by French corsairs (Lane 19). Shortly after in the 1550’s, the Spanish came to regret their passive defense strategy when French corsairs made their most punishing raids ever on the Spanish West Indies. They descended on colonies like Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba, and caused heavy destruction that they never really recovered from. Finally in the early 1560’s, Spain was forced to react with expensive long-term defenses. Since the Spanish waited so long to do so they not only lost wealth because of what was captured, but now they also had to spend money to protect what was left.

He sailed for over a month, eventually landing on an island that is now part of the Bahamas. He then sailed on and discovered Cuba, and thought it was China. Soon after, he landed on Hispaniola, believing it to be Japan. Here it was that the Santa Maria wrecked, and was scavenged to make the first European settlement in the Caribbean(Biography). This may be his most significant achievement, as it was likely the first European settlement in the Americas, and certainly the first not on the mainland. While some believe the Vikings settled in Canada, they almost certainly abandoned it after a short time(Klein). This opened the door to colonization of the Caribbean, with the Spanish taking Cuba, the British taking the Bahamas, and other nations such as France and the Netherlands controlling the rest of the Antilles and West Indies(Biography).

time America was trying to be at peace with Spain without having any more ships invaded. Due

On March 13, 1494 Columbus opened the first road in the New World called Paseo de los Hidalgos, and construction of the Fort of Santo Tomas began around the Janico River, in what is now Santiago province. In 1496 Bartolome Colon (Bartholomew, Columbus’s brother) settled Nueva Isabela on the eastern side of the Ozama River on the south coast of the island, but in 1498 a hurricane and subsequent earthquakes destroyed the settlement. Soon after the destruction of Nueva Isabela, Bartolome Colon founded the city of Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic, on the western side of the Ozama River, on August 5, 1498. On subsequent voyages, in order to gain more funding for his travels, and under pressure to pay off the creditors who had funded his previous voyages, Columbus introduced a slave system, which can only be described as

In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail and landed in what is now known as Bahamas, claiming it for Spain. He

This is a topic that affects millions of people around the world and not only in America. Media bias is how journalists and news companies select and use information within mass media to promote a certain belief or to acquire monetary gains. This is a very important topic because media affects what we believe, and some of our actions such as voting. Our human nature that help us to solve problems and guarantees our survival makes us take a decision on whether something is beneficial for us or not. That is why we have believes. Humans are naturally biased toward certain believes, but when it comes to news that a are communicated to people they should presented in a factual way. Today's  American society is divided almost to the