The Calusa Indians and Their Masking Ceremonies The southwest coast of Florida used to be inhabited by the Calusa. “It seemed that by any contemporary measure the Calusa Indian people had been complex when Spaniards arrived in the 1500’s…The Calusa king ruled over all of South Florida from his capital town on Mound Key. According to Spanish accounts, the Calusa had permanent towns, tributary relations, wealth accumulation, social stratification, royal sibling marriage, an elite military, human
and over 200 settlers discovered upon land on Florida’s east coast which he named La Florida because “it was close to the Christian festival of flowers” (Cavendish, R). Ponce de Leon was met with a great deal of resistance from the native tribe of Calusa and as a result was wounded by a poised arrow which ultimately took his life. Other Spanish settlers were never as successful as they desired in settling in the Miami area. Like Ponce de Leon, many explored the land in search of the warm climate,
were met with the Calusa Native Americans who rejected trade. “The Native Americans surrounded the ships with warriors in sea canoes armed with long bows causing the explorers to turn away.” (Davis 20) This claim has also been a source of debate by historians who believe the locations of Leon’s travels “were too great to cover in the available time.” (Spellman 519) Some historians believe he landed in Cape Romano or Cape Sable to repair the ships. The encounter between the Calusa Native Americans
spent two years in Spain securing his claims and titles, then returned. The records are vague, but it is said that he led a second expedition, but it was poorly planned. They landed somewhere in West Florida but was attacked by natives called the Calusa Warriors. Juan Ponce de Leon was shot in the thigh, maybe by a poison arrow, which killed him, but he made it to Cuba before he died in the July of
Hispaniola (Haiti and The Dominican Republic). In Juan Ponce’s lifetime he built a small financial empire, he also was the governor of Puerto Rico. Juan Ponce’s expedition landed somewhere on the western side of Florida peninsula. He was soon attacked by Calusa Warriors. Ponce was wounded in the
Juan Ponce De Leon was born in a poor and noble family in Santervás de Campos, Spain, in 1460. He served as a page at the court of Aragon, where he learned social skills, religion and military tactics. He eventually became a soldier and fought against the the Moors in Granada. Juan ponce de León soon sought fame and fortune through exploration, and it is believed he began his quest as part of Christopher Columbus's second expedition in 1493. During his later explorations, he employed the skills and
Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460 in San Seravas, Spain. He was born into Spanish nobility but he and his family were not wealthy, which is unusual for noble families. He then went on to become a knight where he sought fame and fortune. He was given high class education in fighting, manners, and religion while he was serving another knight named Pedro Nunez de Guzman. He would later help in the fight against the Muslim, kingdom Granada in southern Spain. After the war, there was no need for
An Alternate Look at the Invasion of North America Michael Cawley History 2510 FA November 6, 2015 Mr. David Ratz Steele, Ian Kenneth. Warpaths: Invasions of North America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. In the book Warpaths Invasions of North America author Ian K. Steele attempts to show the reader a different perspective pertaining to the European invasion of North America. The book’s main focus is to re-evaluate the racial colonial version of North American history that society
Ponce De Leon lived the live any ordinary person dreams of; discover three new lands, sustain a happy marriage, have three kids, accumulate a small fortune, even die a heroic death. Juan Ponce De Leon was born in 1460 in Santervas de Campos, Spain, into a destitute yet noble family. As a minor, he trained as a page in the court of Aragon, where he learned social skills, religion, and military tactics. As an adolescent, he trained as a knight and fought at the Moors in Granada. He was first introduced
was also significant for Florida, but not as much as WWII. Florida has had quite an eventful history. It’s first human inhabitants are believed to be several Native American tribes, including The Panzacola, Chatot, Apalachicola, Apalachee, Timucua, Calusa, and the Matecumbe. These tribes occupied land all over Florida. Then, during the early 16th century, Juan Ponce de Leon, a spanish explorer, sailed to the peninsula searching for the Fountain of Youth. He never discovered it, but he did establish
Archaeological research indicates that Florida had been inhabited for thousands of years before any European settlements. Of the many indigenous peoples, the largest known were the Ais, the Apalachee, the Calusa, the Timucua and the Tocobago tribes. Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish conquistador, named Florida in honor of his discovery of the land on April 2, 1513, during Pascua Florida, a Spanish term for the Easter season (Juan Ponce de León may not have been the first European to reach Florida; according
Ponce De Leon lived the live any ordinary person dreams of; discover three new lands, sustain a happy marriage, have three kids, accumulate a small fortune, even die a heroic death. Juan Ponce De Leon was born in 1460 in Santervas de Campos, Spain, into a destitute yet noble family. As a minor, he trained as a page in the court of Aragon, where he learned social skills, religion, and military tactics. As an adolescent, he trained as a knight and fought at the Moors in Granada. He was first introduced
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, which started a huge push by European nations to gain power and wealth, mainly in the way of building Empires in the New World. This was called the Age of Exploration and lasted from the late 15th to the early 17th century. Spain, under King Ferdinand II of Aragon, was the first nation to do this. Juan Ponce de León was a conquistador and one of the earlier voyagers to the New World in the European Age of Exploration, he accomplished several notable
Introduction Maintaining ecological diversity is necessary for the survival of a biological community. In the United States, American citizens are on the verge of irrevocably damaging one of the country's most unique and diverse treasures - the Florida Everglades. This national park is now the only remaining patch of a river that used to span 120 miles from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay. Dikes and levees created by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1940's drained this river to reduce