spanish colony, 1565-1763

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

Whirlwind, a Cherokee woman, believes there is profit to be made in trade with the brutal Spanish, and earns herself the name of War Woman for her efforts to lead her people through the terrifying time of displacement caused by encroaching Europeans.

The life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who, after driving out the French, claimed Florida for Spain.

A young girl takes a tour of St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest colonial settlement in America, and learns about the daily life and customs of the Spanish settlers, their slaves, the region's Native Americans, and the conflicts between Spain, England, and France over New World lands.

Presents information on how the Spanish, during their exploration and settlement of Florida and the Southwestern U.S., established missions in an attempt to convert the native Americans to Catholicism, and explains how the missions changed regions where they were established. Includes time line.

A biography of the Spanish sailor and explorer who established a colony at St. Augustine and claimed former French lands in Florida for Spain.

Examines the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon and other Spanish conquistadors in Florida and the southwestern region of what is now the United States, and discusses the founding of St. Augustine by Pedro Menendez de Aviles.