Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
|
Buy Now
Presidios of Spanish West Florida (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,606
Discovery Miles 26 060
|
|
Presidios of Spanish West Florida (Hardcover)
Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
A landmark study of Spain's fortified settlements in West Florida
from a lifelong specialist on the periodPresidios of Spanish West
Florida provides the first comprehensive synthesis of historical
and archaeological investigations conducted at the fortified
settlements built by Spain in the Florida panhandle from 1698 to
1763. Combining intensive research by author Judith Bense, a
lifelong specialist on the Spanish West Florida period, with a
century's worth of additional data, this landmark study brings to
light four presidio locations that have long been overshadowed by
the presidio at St. Augustine to the east, revealing the rest of
the story of early Spanish Florida. Bense details a history fraught
with catastrophe-hurricanes, war against France and England, and
treaties that forced the Spanish base in West Florida to be
uprooted and rebuilt four times. Examining each presidio, including
associated military outposts, shipwrecks, and refugee mission
villages of the Apalachee and Yamasee Indians, this book provides
four discrete, sequential windows into the Spanish presence in the
region. Bense compares the population to that of Presidio San
Agustin, established 133 years later, revealing very different
communities, people, and local customs. Interwoven with these
historical findings is an account of how the general public has
participated in investigations in the region, providing readers
with an understanding of eighteenth-century West Florida and the
development of public archaeology in the state from the person who
initiated and directed much of the research.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.