Author: Antonio Fernandez Toraño
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Calusas, timucuanos, guales, semínolas, creeks, were some of the tribes of Florida at the time when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established there the settlement of San Agustín, the oldest city in the United States. Strong and ferocious warriors, who lived in almost permanent state of war and mutilated their enemies or made them slaves, offered a strong resistance to the Spanish who stepped on their territory. However, these, in exchange for many lives, hardships and suffering, managed to settle on their shores. That was the task in which the Asturian sailor insisted on starting in 1565, the beginning of the effective Spanish presence in the territory of the current United States, which lasted more than 250 years, until, in 1821, with the delivery in San Agustín of the castle of San Marcos to the representative of the American Government, the last Spanish province in those lands was lost. But Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was more than conqueror and colonizer. Several times captain general of the ships that protected the fleets that made the Carrera de Indias back from America to the Peninsula and scourged the pirates and corsairs that infested the waters of the Bay of Biscay. His fame and experience earned him the title of Lord of the Ocean Sea. / Calusas, timucuanos, guales, semínolas, creeks, eran algunas de las tribus de La Florida en el momento en que Pedro Menéndez de Avilés estableció allí el asentamiento de San Agustín, la ciudad más antigua de los Estados Unidos. Guerreros fuertes y feroces, que vivían en estado de guerra casi permanente y mutilaban a sus enemigos o los hacían esclavos, ofrecieron una dura resistencia a los españoles que pisaron su territorio. Sin embargo estos, a cambio de muchas vidas, penurias y sufrimientos, consiguieron establecerse en sus costas. Esa fue la tarea en la que se empeñó el marino asturiano a partir de 1565, inicio de la presencia española efectiva en el territorio de los actuales Estados Unidos, que se prolongó más de 250 años, hasta que, en 1821, con la entrega en San Agustín del castillo de San Marcos al representante del gobierno americano, se perdió la última provincia española en aquellas tierras. Pero Pedro Menéndez de Avilés fue algo más que conquistador y colonizador. Varias veces capitán general de los buques que protegían las flotas que hacían la Carrera de Indias de regreso desde América a la Península y azote de los piratas y corsarios que infestaban las aguas del Cantábrico. Su fama y experiencia le valieron ser nombrado Señor del Mar Océano.
Pages: 488
Imprint: Edaf
Format: Paperback
BISAC Code: BIO006000
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