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Author:

Thompson, William, 1931-

Title:

The Spanish exploration of Florida / Bill and Dorcas Thompson.

Publisher:

Mason Crest,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Explorers--History.
Florida--Discovery and exploration.
Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Dorcas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A Spanish survivor -- Florida's first people -- The adventures of Ponce de León -- The doomed expedition of Narváez -- De Soto and his inland journey -- St Augustine: a Spanish success story.

Summary:

Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of Florida, from the early attempts of Ponce de Leon, Panfilo de Narvaes, and Hernando de Soto to the successful establishment of the settlement at St. Augustine.

Series:

Exploration and discovery

ISBN:

9781590840535
1590840534

LCCN:

2002008522

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)