The Spanish exploration of Florida
Subtitle: the adventures of the Spanish conquistadors, including Juan Ponce de Léon, Pánfilo de Narváez, Alvar Núnez Cabeza de Vaca, Hernando de Soto, and Pedro Menéñdez de Avilés, in the American south.
By: Bill and Dorcas Thompson.
Contributors: Thompson, Dorcas.
Series: Exploration and discovery; Exploration and discovery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Mason Crest
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Spaniards -- Florida -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Florida -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Florida -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Juvenile literature.; Florida -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Table of contents: title: A Spanish survivor; title: Florida's first people; title: The adventures of Ponce de León; title: The doomed expedition of Narváez; title: De Soto and his inland journey; title: St Augustine: a Spanish success story.