Spanish Exploration in North America & Settlements from Florida to Virginia (1492-1763)
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Huguenots, Drake, Treasure, San Marcos, Ajacan, Christopher Columbus, British
North-west Passage, Segura, Menendez, Magellan, Cuba, Clockwise, Carolinians
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French settlers who built Ft. Caroline in Northern Florida
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Early Spanish name for Virginia
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Explorer credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1522
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English ship's captain who burned and looted the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine in 1586
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Country traded for Florida at the end of the French & Indian War
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Route to the Far East sought by many early ex;explorers of North America
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Spanish governor who drove the French out of Northern Florida
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Jesuit priest who tried to establish a mission in Ajacan
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Strong Spanish fort built in Northern Florida in 1672
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Explorer credited with "discovery" of the Americas in 1492
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Direction of the prevailing winds in the North Atlantic ocean
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American colonists who destroyed all of the Spanish missions in Florida in 1704
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Europeans that controlled Havana Cuba during the French and Indian War
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Cargo carried by Spanish Gallons from the Americas back to Spain