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Alternative Title
Florida war record.
Alternative Title
Florida's war record.
Description
A military history of St. Augustine by Sergeant George M. Brown, a civil war veteran.
Table of Contents
Ch. I. Birth and early life of Ponce de Leon -- Ch. II. The conquest of Porto Rico -- Ch. III. Ponce de Leon assumes command of the island. The tests made by the Indians to find whether the Spaniards were mortals -- Ch. IV. The Indians attack the Spaniards. Death of Satomayor -- Ch. V. Ponce de Leon resigns command of Porto Rico and returns to Spain to look after his ward left him by Satomayor. He hears of the Foutain of Youth -- Ch. VI. Ponce de Leon's introduction to his ward, Dona Inez de Satomayor. He accepts guardianship -- Ch. VII. Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth. His discovery of Florida. Landing on the 3d of April, 1512 -- Ch. VIII. Ponce de Leon's expedition against the Carribees -- Ch. IX. Ponce de Leon's last voyage. Attempted settlement of Florida. His death and burial in Cuba.
Notes
The Florida war record on p. 119-180 comprises lists of soldiers of the United States army who lost their lives in the second Seminole war, 1836-1842. Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2001. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Subject
Spaniards -- Florida; Saint Augustine (Fla.); Florida -- History; St Johns -- 12109; European Discovery and Settlement in Florida, 1492-1821; Territorial Florida, 1821-1845 -- Wars of Indian Removal, 1817-1858; Persons; Military history; Indians of North America
City
St. Augustine, Fla.
Publisher
The Record printing company
Extent
viii, 184 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
Format
application/pdf
Digital Reproduction Specifications
Jpeg2000 images were derived from no less than 400 dpi tiff images
Identifier
49499857 (oclc), CF00001553 (IID), ucf:5645 (fedora)
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection
Recommended Citation
Brown, George M., 1845-, "Ponce de Leon land and Florida war record." (1910). Florida Heritage. 121.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/floridaheritage/121