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Spanish Florida

St. Augustine (1565) and the mission belt of Guale, Timucua and Apalachee — the oldest European colony on the map.

Ceded to Britain in 1763, restored to Spain in 1783, still Spanish in 1800 (transferred to the U.S. only in 1819-21).

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Spanish Florida — the shape you scrub through changes in 1565 · 1703 · 1784.

Further reading

• The New History of Florida Michael Gannon · 1996

  An authoritative survey covering St. Augustine and the Spanish mission belt of Florida.

• The Spanish Frontier in North America David J. Weber · 1992

  Places Spanish Florida within the wider Spanish borderlands (broad context).

Sources

• Spanish Florida — Wikipedia