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Wreckage found off Cape Canaveral linked to lost French colony of Fort Caroline
Excerpt 1: A private treasure salvage company says it’s found a shipwreck, buried in sand under the ocean off Cape Canaveral, that could be linked to the lost
Memoir of Fontaneda (Version 2)
(Translation by Buckingham Smith, 1854) “Very Powerful Lord: Memoir of the things, the shore, and the Indians of Florida, to describe which, none of the m
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 descri
Bartram’s Fevertree Helps Pinpoint Fort Caroline Location?
Does the discovery of the fevertree along the Altamaha River in Georgia by English naturalist William Bartram in 1775 help in the location of the lost French se
Jacques Le Moyne
Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (c. 1533–1588) was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault’s expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native Americ
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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?
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