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Book Calusa and Spaniard

Download or read book Calusa and Spaniard written by Kurt Griesshaber and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Calusa Responses to the Spanish Missionary Enterprise in Post contact Florida

Download or read book Calusa Responses to the Spanish Missionary Enterprise in Post contact Florida written by Carmen Lopez-Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calusa Responses to the Spanish Missionary Enterprise in Post-Contact Florida This dissertation examines the cultural, political and religious dynamics surrounding Calusa contact with the Spaniards. Throughout the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, missionaries intended to impose Catholicism, Spanish culture and royal power among the Calusa. Yet Calusa leaders, whose influence depended on their detailed practice and knowledge of their native religion, refused to relinquish any aspect of their authority. Since soldiers accompanied missionaries, the Calusa saw the missions potentially as a means of defense, initially against local native rivals, and eventually against Indian allies to the British. Yet as a result of the limited number of soldiers that accompanied the missionaries, the missions did not provide any significant measure of protection or defense. The missions also failed in their primary purpose of initiating religious conversion and cultural change among the Calusa. While Calusa contact with Spaniards and other Europeans allowed for the introduction of European items into their native material repertoire, these goods were appropriated instead to fit within a native cultural context. While the Calusa did not survive the warfare and disease ushered in by European imperialism, they were able to withstand the political, religious and cultural changes that the Spanish tried to initiate. Eighteenth-century missionaries observed the Calusa still practicing traditions and rituals that had persisted for centuries.

Book Florida s Great King

Download or read book Florida s Great King written by Ed Winn and published by Buster's Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La Florida

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  • Author : Viviana Díaz Balsera
  • Publisher : University Press of Florida
  • Release : 2014-12-02
  • ISBN : 0813055059
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book La Florida written by Viviana Díaz Balsera and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorating Juan Ponce de León’s landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, this ambitious volume explores five centuries of Hispanic presence in the New World peninsula, reflecting on the breadth and depth of encounters between the different lands and cultures. The contributors, leading experts in a range of fields, begin with an examination of the first and second Spanish periods. This was a time when La Florida was an elusive possession that the Spaniards were never able to completely secure; but Spanish influence would nonetheless leave an indelible mark on the land. In the second half of this volume, the essays highlight the Hispanic cultural legacy, politics, and history of modern Florida, and expand on Florida’s role as a modern Trans-Atlantic cross roads. Melding history, literature, anthropology, music, culture, and sociology, La Florida is a unique presentation of the Hispanic roots that run deep in Florida’s past and present and will assuredly shape its future.

Book The Spanish Conquest of America

Download or read book The Spanish Conquest of America written by Michael Burgan and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With explorer Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World, Spain became a major power in South and Central America.

Book The Calusa

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  • Author : Julian Granberry
  • Publisher : University of Alabama Press
  • Release : 2011-11-30
  • ISBN : 0817317511
  • Pages : 106 pages

Download or read book The Calusa written by Julian Granberry and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a full phonological and morphological analysis of the total corpus of surviving Calusa language data left by a literate Spanish captive held by the Calusa from his early youth to adulthood

Book Ponce de Le  n and the Age of Spanish Exploration in World History

Download or read book Ponce de Le n and the Age of Spanish Exploration in World History written by Richard Worth and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and career of Juan Ponce de Léon, tracing his travels in the Caribbean and his discoveries of Florida and the Gulf Stream during his unsuccessful search for the fountain of youth.

Book A People s History of Florida  1513 1876

Download or read book A People s History of Florida 1513 1876 written by Adam Wasserman and published by Adam Wasserman. This book was released on 2010 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, predicted that the bottom class perspective of history would eventually gain ground, enveloping the old way of narrating history as told by the powerful. Since then, numerous historical events have been redefined through the outlook of common people that were involved from the bottom-up, forever altering how we understand history. No more romantic diatribes glittered in patriotic myths. No more traditional heroes, standardized viewpoints, unquestionable "facts," or generalized falsehoods. Just plain raw truth that is not afraid to stampede powerful governments with the herd of popular outrage. A People's History of Florida follows the People's History tradition, documenting the active involvement of African-Americans, indigenous people, women, and poor whites in shaping the Sunshine State's history.

Book Spanish Colonies in America

Download or read book Spanish Colonies in America written by Alexandra Lilly and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the history of Spanish colonies in America.

Book Discovering Florida

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  • Author : John E. Worth
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9780813049885
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Discovering Florida written by John E. Worth and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gives voice to a period in U.S. history that remains virtually unknown, even to specialists in the field."--J. Michael Francis, coauthor of Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida "With these transcriptions and translations, Worth provides an important service to ethnohistorians, archaeologists, and others who share an interest in the Spanish colonial explorations of the greater Southeast."--Mariah F. Wade, author of Missions, Missionaries, and Native Americans "A model for how to handle important primary sources. The historical introduction is a treasure in its own right."--Amy Turner Bushnell, author of Situado and Sabana: Spain's Support System for the Presidio and Mission provinces of Florida Florida's lower gulf coast was a key region in the early European exploration of North America, with an extraordinary number of first-time interactions between Spaniards and Florida's indigenous cultures. Discovering Florida compiles all the major writings of Spanish explorers in the area between 1513 and 1566. Including transcriptions of the original Spanish documents as well as English translations, this volume presents--in their own words--the experiences and reactions of Spaniards who came to Florida with Juan Ponce de León, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hernando de Soto, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. These accounts, which have never before appeared together in print, provide an astonishing glimpse into a world of indigenous cultures that did not survive colonization. With introductions to the primary sources, extensive notes, and a historical overview of Spanish exploration in the region, this book offers an unprecedented firsthand view of La Florida in the earliest stages of European conquest.

Book They are Rich Only by the Sea

Download or read book They are Rich Only by the Sea written by Kelsey Marie McGuire and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Archaeologists in South Florida have uncovered Spanish items from 16th- and early- 17th-century Calusa sites. Certainly, many of these are the material remains of official trade networks between Spaniards and indigenous peoples, but archaeological evidence suggests that the Calusa also acquired Spanish goods by salvaging shipwrecks. Colonial documents likewise indicate that shipwreck salvage was prevalent along the Florida coast. This project examines historical and archaeological evidence in conjunction with an original model in order to examine the influence of the Spanish maritime activity on an indigenous population in colonial-era Florida.

Book La Florida

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  • Author : Viviana Daz Balsera
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9780813060118
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book La Florida written by Viviana Daz Balsera and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorating Juan Ponce de Le n's landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, this ambitious volume explores five centuries of Hispanic presence in the New World peninsula, reflecting on the breadth and depth of encounters between the different lands and cultures. The contributors, leading experts in a range of fields, begin with an examination of the first and second Spanish periods. This was a time when La Florida was an elusive possession that the Spaniards were never able to completely secure; but Spanish influence would nonetheless leave an indelible mark on the land. In the second half of this volume, the essays highlight the Hispanic cultural legacy, politics, and history of modern Florida and expand on Florida's role as a modern transatlantic cross roads. Melding history, literature, anthropology, music, culture, and sociology, La Florida is a unique presentation of the Hispanic roots that run deep in Florida's past and present and will assuredly shape its future.

Book Calusa

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  • Author : Robert Blaske
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2006-11-01
  • ISBN : 9780979153310
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Calusa written by Robert Blaske and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calusa! is a historical fiction based upon extensive research of both the temple-mound early inhabitants of Florida as the encounter the first Spanish explorers. This is a true story about a young 15 year old cabin boy, Juan Ortiz, was captured, tortured, and lived among the Calusa for nine years. Calusa! is the first book in a series which follows the expedition in its encounters with many tribes.Ortiz was discovered by the De Soto expedition and was instrumental in guiding and acting as interpreter for De Soto and his men over a 10 state region they named, "La Florida."

Book The Pot

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  • Author : Georgia Mountain Writers Club
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9780984909919
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Pot written by Georgia Mountain Writers Club and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author used his love of the beautiful but fragile ecosystem of the Florida Everglades and South Florida to develop this story of the Calusa Indians. His character Cato finds love for the Spanish maiden Carlota, along with a look at the daily lives of the Calusa. James L. Sonny Boyer is a native Floridian from a pioneer Florida family, but he moved to the North Georgia mountains in 1978. He is still an avid outdoorsman to this day.

Book Beyond Books and Borders

Download or read book Beyond Books and Borders written by Raquel Chang-Rodríguez and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Florida del Inca (Lisbon, 1605) is a key text in the history and culture of the Americas. In this chronicle, its author, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, born in Cuzco, the son of an Inca princess and a Spanish conquistador, offers a unique representation of Hernando de Soto's expedition (1539-43) to the vast territory then known as La Florida. The studies collected here analyze the period of early contact in La Florida, study the chronicle of the Cuzcan writer and the works that influenced it, with the objective of affirming its central place in colonial, cultural, and transatlantic studies and its importance in understanding the intertwined history of the Americas. An introduction, a chronology, a general bibliography, and fifty-six images offer a frame for these sections. The various essays are written in a direct manner, and are free of jargon with the aim of attracting both general and academic readers. Raquel Chang-Rodriguez is Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Literature and Culture at the City University of New York.

Book Cannibalism  Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America

Download or read book Cannibalism Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America written by George Franklin Feldman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting volume dispels the sanitized history surrounding Native American practices toward their enemies that preceded the European exploration and colonization of North America. We abandon truth when we gloss over the clashes between Native Americans and Europeans, encounters of parties equally matched in barbarity, says George Franklin Feldman, We neglect true history when we hide the uniqueness of the varied cultures that evolved during the thousands of years before Europeans invaded North America. The research is impeccable, the writing sparkling, and the evidence incontrovertible: headhunting and cannibalism were practiced by many of the native peoples of North America.

Book Song of Tides

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  • Author : Thomas A. Joseph
  • Publisher : University of Alabama Press
  • Release : 2008-06-04
  • ISBN : 0817354840
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Song of Tides written by Thomas A. Joseph and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Calusa's historic repulsion of 16th-century Spanish occupiers.