Menendez de Aviles y La Florida: - Tapa blanda

In 1565, Menéndez sailed to Florida and fulfilled his duty to Phillip II by recapturing France's primary settlement, Fort Caroline, and executing the Fort's commander, Jean Ribault, along with his men. Menéndez continued his duties by establishing two Spanish colonies, one of which, St. Augustine, would become the oldest permanent city of European origin in the United States. Following France's example, the colonies were instrumental to Spain's claim and military defense of the territory. This work has been based on the study of the key chroniclers and their writings (primarily Menéndez' brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solís de Merás, who was with him on the expedition, and Bartolomé Barrientos, Professor at the University of Salamanca, who several years later wrote a second-hand chronicle of the expedition based on eyewitness accounts). This is the first annotated edition of the expeditions' chronicles and will serve as a sister work to the already-published book by Professor Mercado on the letters.