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.
British West Florida
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British West Florida was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1763 until 1783, when it was ceded to Spain as part of the Peace of Paris.
Spanish Florida
…at Charlesfort and abandonment 1566–1587 • Transferred to Britain 10 February 1763 Preceded by Succeeded by Indigenous peoples of Florida East Florida West Florida Today part of United States Southern Alabama Florida Southeastern Georgia Southeastern Louisiana Southern Mississippi Southern South Carolina Spanish…
Spanish troops storming Pensacola in 1781