Spanish Florida
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Spanish 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
Narváez expedition in 1528, Apalachee Bay
Juan Ponce de León claimed Florida for Spain in 1513.
Carte d'Amérique dressée pour l'usage du Roy par Guillaume Delisle... btv 1b 8469815q
The history of Pensacola, Florida, begins long before the Spanish claimed founding of the modern city in 1698. The area around present-day Pensacola was inhabited by Native American peoples thousands
Pensacola is located on the site of the first European-established settlements in what is now the continental United States
British plan for Pensacola, 1765
The Pensacola Museum of History, built as the City Hall, is in the 19th-century mission style, reminiscent of the Alamo.
A bust of Andrew Jackson at the Plaza Ferdinand VII, where Jackson was sworn in as governor.