The Spaniards in Florida
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- Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565
George R. (George Rainsford) Fairbanks
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.3. CHAPTER II. FIRST DISCOVERY, 1512 TO 1565—JUAN PONCE DE LEON.4. CHAPTER III. RIBAULT, LAUDONNIÈRE, AND MENENDEZ—SETTLEMENTS OF THE HUGUENOTS, AND FOUNDATION OF ST. AUGUSTINE. 1562-1565-1568.5. CHAPTER IV. THE ATTACK ON FORT CAROLINE—1565.6. CHAPTER V. ESCAPE OF LAUDONNIÈRE AND OTHERS FROM FORT CAROLINE. ADVENTURES OF THE FUGITIVES.7. CHAPTER VI. SITE OF FORT CAROLINE, AFTERWARDS CALLED SAN MATTEO.8. CHAPTER VII. MENENDEZ'S RETURN TO ST. AUGUSTINE—SHIPWRECK OF A. D. 1565.9. CHAPTER VIII. FATE OF RIBAULT AND HIS FOLLOWERS—BLOODY MASSACRE AT MATANZAS—1565.10. CHAPTER IX. FORTIFYING OF ST. AUGUSTINE—DISAFFECTIONS AND MUTINIES—APPROVAL OF MENENDEZ' ACTS BY THE KING OF SPAIN. 1565-1568.11. CHAPTER X. THE NOTABLE REVENGE OF DOMINIC DE GOURGUES—RETURN OF MENENDEZ—INDIAN MISSION—1568.12. CHAPTER XI. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S ATTACK UPON ST. AUGUSTINE—ESTABLISHMENT OF MISSIONS—MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES AT ST. AUGUSTINE—1586-1638.13. CHAPTER XII. SUBJECTION OF THE APALACHIAN INDIANS—CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORT, SEA WALL, &c.—1638-1700.14. CHAPTER XIII. ATTACK ON ST. AUGUSTINE BY GOVERNOR MOORE OF SOUTH CAROLINA—DIFFICULTIES WITH THE GEORGIANS. 1702-1732.15. CHAPTER XIV. SIEGE OF ST. AUGUSTINE, BY OGLETHORPE—1732-174016. CHAPTER XV. COMPLETION OF THE CASTLE—DESCRIPTIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE A CENTURY AGO—ENGLISH OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA. 1755—1763—1788.17. CHAPTER XVI. RE-CESSION OF FLORIDA TO SPAIN—ERECTION OF THE PARISH CHURCH—CHANGE OF FLAGS. 1783—1821.18. CHAPTER XVII. TRANSFER OF FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES—AMERICAN OCCUPATION—ANCIENT BUILDINGS, Etc.19. CHAPTER XVIII. PRESENT APPEARANCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE, AS GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR OF THANATOPSIS—ITS CLIMATE AND SALUBRITY.20. CHAPTER XIX. ST. AUGUSTINE IN ITS OLD AGE.—1565-1868.