Spanish Sea

by Weddle, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9781585440665
• ISBN10: 1585440663
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-12-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

Theater for the earliest and most determined efforts to conquer, explore and settle the continent, the Spanish Sea was a vital conduit to the discovery of North America. Despite this dramatic role, the Spanish Sea has been grossly neglected--and misunderstood--by historians.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
Abbreviations Used in Notes	xvii
In the Beginning ...	3	(10)
Part I: West from the Islands
Cuba and the Hidden Sea: Discovery and Conquest, 1500--14	13	(25)
Florida and the Fountain: Juan Ponce de Leon, 1513--21	38	(17)
Rewards of Discovery: Hernandez de Cordoba, 1517	55	(11)
``A Luckless Man'': Juan de Grijalva, 1518	66	(14)
Prelude to Conquest: Cortes and Velazquez, 1518--19	80	(15)
Amichel: Alvarez de Pineda, 1519--20	95	(16)
Part II: Amazing Mexico
New Spain of the Ocean Sea: Conquest and Confrontation, 1519--22	111	(19)
Victoria Garayana: Garay and Panuco, 1523	130	(17)
Learning the Secrets: Honduras to Nueva Galicia, 1521--35	147	(16)
Grijalva's Captains: Montejo and Avila in Yucatan, 1527--42	163	(22)
Part III: The Continent of Florida
Survival: Cabeza de Vaca, 1527--36	185	(23)
Wasted Conquest: Soto and Moscoso, 1539--43	208	(26)
One Ship and the Cross: The Dominican Martyrs, 1549 and 1554	234	(16)
Genesis at Tampico: The Staging of the Luna Expedition, 1555--59	250	(15)
New Fiasco in Florida: Luna and Villafane, 1559--61	265	(22)
Part IV: The Building Rivalry
St. Andrew's Cross: Englishmen in the Gulf, 1556--86	287	(27)
Land of Angels: Menendez and Escalante, 1565--75	314	(19)
The ``Tragic Quadrate'': Carvajal and the New Kingdom of Leon, 1567--90	333	(17)
Tierra Incognita: The Northern Gulf in the ``Forgotten Century''	350	(22)
The Gulfs New Explorers: The English, the French, and the Dutch	372	(16)
The Bloody Buccaneers: Harbingers of Change, 1669--85	388	(24)
In Sharper Focus...The Conclusions	412	(13)
Glossary	425	(4)
Bibliography	429	(12)
Index	441