The Spaniards in Florida

by George R. Fairbanks

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120 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

George Rainsford Fairbanks (1820-1906) was an American historian and one of the founders of the University of the South (Sewanee).

Reviews

[KB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short book on the early history of the settling of the New World that few think about. The author takes the reader from the purpose of the Spanish presence in St Augustine (slaughter of French Huguenots who settled along the Saint John’s River in present day Jacksonville) to his time period in the 1860s.

[Tyler V · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend anyone interested in the history of northeast Florida give this a read!

[William Ryan]

An excellent piece of research by the then President of the St. Augustine Historical Society. The story is well told in a logical manner.