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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...

Vírgenes de Madrid, devoción, historia, mito y leyendas, es uno de los libros que con interés y afán más desbordante habrán de leer quienes por cualquier circunstancia estén sensibilizados con los temas de Madrid y estos, tal y como la demuestran diversas estadísticas, aumentan en número cada día más creciente. Madrid interesa hoy mucho y a muchos. El nuevo libro de Antonio Aradillas y José María Íñigo viene a llenar unas deficiencias en la historia de Madrid, que eran muchos en sentir y en lamentar. La Virgen, bajo las más diversas advocaciones, es sobre todo en Madrid...

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...

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...