Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Module 1 Overview
- Late-Mississipian Natives
(1000 AD- contact)
- Calusa
- S FL, sub-tropic
- aquatic resources,
hunt/gather
- Timucuan
- light/moderate maize agriculture
- aquatic resources
- N FL/S GA,
Coastal Plain
- Mississippian
- heavy maize agriculture
- Mississipi Alluvial Valley
- Polities of
Middle-Atlantic
Coastal Plain
- Early European Encounters
- Spain
- Juan Ponce De Leon
- 1513: Discovers FL
- 3 ships, ~ 200 men
- Explore coast, ran off by Calusa
- 1521: Colony
Attempt
- 2 ships, 200 men
- Calusa attack, JPDL dies of
wounds in Cuba
- Hernando De Soto
- 1539: South-East Expedition
- 9 ships, 620 men
- 3 yr journey, HDS dies near
Miss. River & survivors
return to Mexico City
- Tristan De Luna
- 1559: Colony Attempt
- 11 ships, 1500 men
- hurricane destroys fleet,
becomes rescue mission
- Pedro Menendez De Avilez
- France
- Jean Ribault