Front cover image for Sixteenth century North America : the land and the people as seen by the Europeans

Sixteenth century North America : the land and the people as seen by the Europeans

Print Book, English, 1971
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1971
Festschriften
xii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780520018549, 9780520027770, 0520018540, 0520027779
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The Atlantic coast as known to midcentury
Antecedents
Early sixteenth century (1501-1518)
Spaniards on the northern Gulf coast (1519-1528)
The Atlantic coast (1520-1526)
Preview of Canada (1534 to midcentury)
Spanish entries to the interior and the far west
Spanish news of the northern interior (1524-1539)
The journey of Coronado (1540-1542)
Discovery north along the Pacific coast (1539-1543)
The De Soto expedition (1538-1543)
Strategic importance of Florida
Florida, part of New Spain (1557-1561)
The French in Florida (1562-1565)
Spanish Florida (1565-1597)
The English came late
Englishmen overseas (1527-1587)
The Roanoke colony (1584-1590)
The century reviewed
A century of vain attempts
Nature and natives as seen by Europeans
European influences