Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Conquest of Florida: A New Manuscript

by Gonzalo Sol�s de Mer�s and Gonzalo Solis de Meras

Pedro Men ndez de Avil s (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Sol s de Mer s, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America's oldest city. Until recently, the only extant version of Sol s de Mer s's record was one single manuscript that Eugenio Ruid az y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813068428
• ISBN13: 9780813068428
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"