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UWF archaeology program discovers third shipwreck from Luna fleet
The University of West Florida archaeology program announced today the discovery of a third shipwreck from the Spanish fleet linked to Tristán de Luna y Arella
Review: Anchieta, José do Brasil
Anchieta, José do Brasil is a Brazilian movie produced in 1974 about the interaction between a Spanish priest and the native Tupi Indians. There is evidence th
Academics Locate Fort Caroline in Georgia not Florida
Evidence continues to accumulate that the site of Fort Caroline, the first European settlement in America, was actually in Darien, Georgia and not Jacksonville
Review: Painter in a Savage Land
In 1564 the French attempted the first permanent settlement in what would later become the United States of America. They brought along with them a painter name
Archaeologists find elusive 16th-century Spanish Fort San Marcos
Nearly 40 years after finding the remains of the 16th-century town of Santa Elena on present-day Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, archaeologist
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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 »















