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| The struggle for the Georgia coast : an 18th-century Spanish retrospective on Guale and Mocama. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; no. 75 |
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| Title: | The struggle for the Georgia coast : an 18th-century Spanish retrospective on Guale and Mocama. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; no. 75 |
| Authors: | Worth, John E. Thomas, David Hurst. |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History ; Athens, GA : Distributed by the University of Georgia Press |
| Series/Report no.: | Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; no.75 |
| Abstract: | This volume examines the late 17th-century transformation and retreat of the Spanish mission provinces of Guale and Mocama in the face of English-sponsored hostility from the north. The central focus of the text is the presentation of English translations of the recently identified 1739 package of historical documentation assembled by the Governor of Florida Don Manuel de Montiano in an attempt to demonstrate Spain's prior ownership of the new English colony of Georgia. This package comprises a rich variety of original and transcribed documents dating to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, including gubernatorial orders, legal proceedings and investigations, internal Franciscan documentation, royal decrees, and a detailed census and visitation record for Guale and Mocama. Based on these documents, supplemented by extensive new historical research, an in-depth introductory overview provides a detailed and somewhat revised portrait of the retreat of Guale and Mocama between 1655 and 1685... |
| Description: | 222 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-208) and index. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/270 |
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