1559-1561: The Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition establishes a colonial settlement at Pensacola Bay, originally in an effort to push inland to Coosa and finally to Santa Elena on the South Carolina Coast. The destruction of the fleet by a hurricane dooms the expedition, which finally withdraws two years later.
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The Luna expedition was a 1559 Spanish venture led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano that established an ephemeral colony on Pensacola Bay, near the Fort ...
Luna sends detachment of 100 men in 4 boats upriver from Nanipacana, returning in 22 days after traveling 60-70 leagues along Alabama River. April 15, 1560
Apr 17, 2021 · In 1559, conquistador Tristan de Luna was tasked with creating a Spanish settlement on the Gulf Coast and to create an overland route to Santa ...
In 1559, a Spanish expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano, brought 1,500 soldiers, colonists, slaves, and Aztec Indians in 11 ships from Veracruz, ...
The 1559-1561 expedition of Tristán de Luna was the largest and most well-financed Spanish attempt to colonize southeastern North America up to that time. Had ...
In August 1559, an expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano arrived in Pensacola Bay to establish Santa María de Ochuse, a settlement that predated the ...
Dec 17, 2015 · The historical site is in an urban downtown neighborhood within view of the two shipwrecks linked to the Luna expedition in Pensacola Bay.
Aug 6, 2017 · The Tristan de Luna Settlement overlooking Pensacola Bay existed for just two years until 1561. After its discovery in the fall of 2015, one of ...
The hardscrabble group, led by Spanish conquistador Don Tristan De Luna, included about 1,500 settlers. The town they founded would become the first multi-year ...