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On February 21, 2014 academics Crowe and Spring from Florida State University and the University of Florida made the shocking announcement that the French col
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Editor’s Note: Ulele was a Native American princess who rescued a Spanish captive named Juan Ortiz from execution by her father, Chief Ucita. These events
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Instances & Rumors of Gold in the De Soto Expedition Chronicles
The surviving narratives of Hernando de Soto’s 1539–1542 expedition record several moments when Native Americans mentioned gold (or the Spaniards believed g
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Princess Ulele Statue Returns
Princess Ulele, known a Florida’s Pocahontas, is a local legend in Tampa, Florida thus it was quite the surprise when a statue of her was removed from the
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Juan Ortiz and Princess Uleleh Hirrihigua
The following article was written by F. P. Fleming and appeared in Publications of the Florida Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jul., 1908), pp. 42-47. It re
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Unknown Spanish-Timucua book discovered
The Timucua were the Native American tribe living in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia at the time of first contact with Europeans. A few books written in
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Princess Ulele is a Tampa History Mystery
Editor’s Note: While writing my new book Uleyli- The Princess & Pirate: The True Story of Florida’s Pocahontas I did a lot of research about her
Princess Ulele Statue Returns
Princess Ulele, known a Florida’s Pocahontas, is a local legend in Tampa, Florida thus it was quite the surprise when a statue of her was removed from the Tampa riverwalk in Full Story »
Georgia Before Oglethorpe
You've reached a one-stop source for current information about the state of Georgia's little-known first two centuries after first European contact. My intent in this site is to pr Full Story »
Fort Caroline at Evelyn Plantation in GA?
In the mid 1700s English naturalist William Bartram described visiting the ruins of an old French or Spanish fort along the Altamaha River in Georgia. He described these ruins as a Full Story »