History
Discovered by Ponce de Leon, Pinzón, Diaz de Solis and americas when Vespucci sailed around the Gulf of Mexico, while the eastern part was recognized in 1498 by John Caboto. In the early sixteenth century, several provisions authorizing carrying indigenous places where there were no gold, suggesting that arrived in Florida (then regarded as island under the name of Bimini) several more passengers, unknown until the April 2 in 1513, Ponce de Leon took possession of that island was given the alleged current name, either by the beauty of their land or the feast of the Passover Florida. Hernandez reaches of the Cordova, along with Anton of Alaminos, in 1517; later Juan de Grijalva (1518), Camargo (1519) and, above all, Alvarez de Pineda, check, to complete the exploration of the Gulf of Mexico, the continental Florida. With the news given by these discoverers, Pope Leo X erected on December 5, 1520 the diocese of Santiago de Florida, when in fact it had not a single Christian, as well as predatory expeditions organized that year by Diego Caballero, Vazquez de Ayllon and Ortiz de Matienzo to capture slaves, implemented by Gordillo and Quex were poor preparation for the establishment of the Church at that place. This is rejected because it was the second expedition of Ponce de Leon, held in 1521, and, of wounds sustained, he died shortly afterwards.
Searching the Strait of Aniane in 1525 traveled Esteban Munoz coasts from Newfoundland to Florida. The same year Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon sent Quex with two ships and then in June 1526, he left himself, reaching Cape Fear and dying in October that year. The exploration of the continental land began with the unfortunate de Narvaez expedition in April 1528 landed in the vicinity of Tampa. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and four more survivors crossed North America from east to west in a long journey of eight years. In 1538 he left Spain the expedition led by Hernando de Soto, who conducted a similar epic discoverer, also from Tampa.
In 1544 Julian de Samana, brother of the secretary of Charles I, and Pedro de Ahumada, brother of Santa Teresa, tried to conquer Florida, but the king did not give authorization by scruples of conscience. However, shortly after attached to the fray Luis Cancer, companion de Las Casas, so that carried out with the sole preaching of the Gospel without the intervention of weapons, but before you can do, Cancer perished, to disembark in 1549 . After this failure, Pedro de Santander proposed settlement with people paid for not abandoning the Indians, ensuring the passage of fleets and prevent the settlement of enemies. In 1558, Guido de Lavezares was established in the bay Philippine (Mobile) and August 14, 1559 anchored in Pensacola issuing Tristan de Luna, whose mission was the great defender of indigenous people, Sunday Salazar, then bishop of Manila. Tour the territory, were unable to settle on it and were picked up in 1561 by Angela Villafañe, who tried to settle in St. Helena (South Carolina) without success.
The final conquest was made to establish the Huguenots a colony on the Atlantic coast in 1562, which abandoned shortly afterwards, was restored by order of Admiral Coligny, even taking the news queen of France for his daughter, Elizabeth of Valois, the This husband, Philip II, the presence of non-consensual heretics in their territories. The aim was to attack the Indian fleet to cross the channel of the Bahamas; relocate the wars of religion to the New World and face the French opinion against Spain. Menendez de Aviles was responsible for removing these problems and did so in compliance with the orders he received from the harsh monarch. After the victory, displayed great activity and assured the Spanish colonization; established strengths in the Bay of Carlos, Tampa, Gual and St. Helena, ensuring their communications by sea, and made friends with neighbors chieftains, who tried to Christianize the first Jesuits arrived in the New World at his request. One of them, Fr Martinez was sacrificed by the Indians. Fracaso evangelization in the south of the peninsula, the Jesuits established in 1570, totally alone, in the region Ajacan (Virginia), where they were martyred, waged only a child of doctrine. In 1572 the Society of Jesus left Florida, being replaced by the Order of St. Francis. The first decade was a Franciscan turbulent time in which the posts were abandoned missionary, but was later returned to occupy achieving its final settled.
See also: Catholic Missions of Spanish Florida
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