A digital archive that rescues and disseminates the biographies of those who brought European culture to what is now the United States.
This initiative, under the name of La Florida, rescues documents from both sides of the Atlantic about the lives of those first European settlers. It is also intended to be used in schools as teaching material to disseminate the common past of the USA and Spain, the little-known history of the men and women who brought European culture to North America.
Visit the site: La Florida – The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas
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On this day
- 1456 Enrique IV of Castile granted the Charter of Privilege to the town of Estepona (Malaga).
- 1586 Mary Tudor, queen of England, recognised her husband, Felipe II of Spain, as her heir.
- 1683 José de Archila and José Díaz Sarmiento founded the city of Socorro in Colombia.
- 1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain supporting the 13 colonies. The siege of Gibraltar begins.
- 1829 Geronimo (d. 1909), a Spanish-speaking, Catholic Indian chief who fought against the US army, was born.
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