The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted in the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, Laboring in the Fields of the Lord contends the missions were an integral part...
The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Fra...
This is the first book-length study to use Spanish language sources in documenting the original Indian inhabitants of West Florida who, from the late 16th century to the 1740s, lived to the west and the north of the Apalachee. Previous authors who studied the forebears of Creeks and Seminoles from the Chattahoochee Valley have relied exclusively on English sources dating from the second half of the 18th century, with the exception of John R. Swanton, who had limited access to Spanish records for his classic works from 1922 to 1946. In this history of the region s Native Americans, Hann...
This is the first book-length study to use Spanish language sources in documenting the original Indian inhabitants of West Florida who, from the late ...
Applying the legend of the stranger king to Caonabo, the mythologized Taino chief of the Hispaniola settlement Columbus invaded in 1492, Keegan examines how myths come to resonate as history--created by the chaotic interactions of the individuals who lived the events of the past as well as those who write and read about them. The stranger king story told in many cultures is that of a foreigner who comes from across the water, marries the king s daughter, and deposes the king. In this story, Caonabo, the most important Taino chief at the time of European conquest, claimed to be imbued with...
Applying the legend of the stranger king to Caonabo, the mythologized Taino chief of the Hispaniola settlement Columbus invaded in 1492, Keegan examin...
Rene Laudonniere Charles E. Bennett Jerald T. Milanich
This translation of an eyewitness account by a major participant offers valuable information about all three attempts to establish a French colony on the south Atlantic coast of North America.
Rene Laudonniere's account of the three attempts by France to colonize what is now the United States is uniquely valuable because he played a major role in each of the ventures--first, in 1562, as second in command during the founding of the ill-fated Charlesport, then as commander for the establishment of Fort Caroline on Florida's St. Johns River in 1564, and finally as the...
This translation of an eyewitness account by a major participant offers valuable information about all three attempts to establish a French col...
This classic historical resource remains the most complete work on the establishment of Fort Caroline, which heralded the start of permanent settlement by Europeans in North America.
America's history was shaped in part by the clash of cultures that took place in the southeastern United States in the 1560s. Indians, French, and Spaniards vied to profit from European attempts to colonize the land Juan Ponce de Leon had named La Florida.
Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere founded a French Huguenot settlement on the St. Johns River near present-day Jacksonville...
This classic historical resource remains the most complete work on the establishment of Fort Caroline, which heralded the start of permanen...
"A survey of the current state of study of indigenous Caribbean people by archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists. . . . Emphasizes that even though indigenous people were the victims of genocide, they helped to establish a persistent pattern of relations between other Caribbean settlers and their environment, and became central symbols of Caribbean identity and resistance to colonialism. . . . Strongly recommended for every library concerned with Caribbean and native American studies." Choice
"An excellent introduction to native peoples of the Caribbean region. . . ....
"A survey of the current state of study of indigenous Caribbean people by archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists. . . . Emphasizes that ev...
"Dimock's photographs of southwest Florida at the dawn of the twentieth century depict a subtropical Eden long ago lost through the untrammeled development of the region. Enchantments will give the reader a heightened appreciation for the beauty and uniqueness of yesterday's Florida."3/4Paul S. George, author of Little Havana "The priceless photographs in Enchantments focus on the population of southwest Florida, an eclectic mixture of Conchs, Cuban fishermen, Confederate veterans, Kentucky colonels, and tubercular Yankees."3/4Gary R. Mormino, author of Land of...
"Dimock's photographs of southwest Florida at the dawn of the twentieth century depict a subtropical Eden long ago lost through the untrammeled develo...
This collection of essays focuses on the Native American tribes of Florida and Southeastern Georgia, including the Calusas, Tocobagas, Western Timucua, Guales, and early Seminoles, and their efforts to deal with the destruction of their cultures during European colonization.
This collection of essays focuses on the Native American tribes of Florida and Southeastern Georgia, including the Calusas, Tocobagas, Western Timucua...
Tells the story of the native societies that have lived in Florida for twelve millennia, from the early hunters at the end of the Ice Age to the modern Seminole, Miccosukee, and Creeks. Written for a general audience, this book integrates the latest archaeological and historical information about the Sunshine State's Native Americans, connecting the past and present.
Tells the story of the native societies that have lived in Florida for twelve millennia, from the early hunters at the end of the Ice Age to the moder...
Drawing on the most recent historical and archaeological research, "First Encounters" describes the period of early Spanish contact with New World peoples. This series of essays reports original research mounted over the last ten years, a decade of remarkable breakthroughs in knowledge about significant events in the first decades after 1492.
Drawing on the most recent historical and archaeological research, "First Encounters" describes the period of early Spanish contact with New World peo...
