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A sourcebook that contains over 80 original articles and letters focusing on the life and times of Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574), Governor and Captain-General of Florida and founder of St. Augustine. The volume is divided into chapters addressing Menendez as an explorer and family man, his preparation for the conquest of Florida, the conquest itself, early Spanish travels as far as Newfoundland, Spanish-Native American contact in Florida, the Spanish settlement of Florida, and the consequences of Menendez' untimely death. The volume contains synthetic articles as well as original...

Dans ce que Paul Valéry appelait le '' continent méditerranéen '', où longtemps seuls les grands centres ont retenu l'attention des historiens, Murcie ne manque ni d'importance ni d'originalité. Située au centre d'une vaste huerta fécondée par les eaux du Segura, la ville fut jusqu'à la fin du XVe siècle la capitale d'un grand royaume enclavé entre l'Aragon et Grenade et dont la façade maritime était le seul débouché méditerranéen de la Castille. Rattaché à celle-ci par la force des armes en 1226, après plus de cinq siècles d'appartenance au monde islamique et vingt-trois ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

El principal objetivo de este libro, facilitado por un estilo directo y ágil, es entregar al lector común un resumen serio y fundamentado sobre el periodo de Tercer Reich en Alemania, su actuación durante el conflicto bélico de la década del ’40 y sus consecuencias posteriores, recogiendo los aportes más recientes de la investigación.