In this Book
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Conquest of Florida: A New Manuscript
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University Press of Florida
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solís de Merás, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America’s oldest city.
Until recently, the only extant version of Solís de Merás’s record was one single manuscript which Eugenio Ruidíaz y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always followed Ruidíaz’s text. In 2012 David Arbesú discovered a more complete record: a manuscript including folios lost for centuries and, more important, excluding portions of the 1893 publication based on retellings rather than the original document.
In the resulting volume, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesú sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustine’s founding. By consulting the original chronicle, Arbesú provides readers with the definitive bilingual edition of this seminal text.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
- pp. 4-12
- Editorial Criteria
- pp. 28-31
- About the Translation
- pp. 31-34
- 1. Voyage to Florida
- pp. 37-41
- 2. Capture of Fort Caroline
- pp. 42-62
- 3. First Massacre of Huguenots
- pp. 63-68
- 4. Second Massacre of Huguenots
- pp. 69-73
- 5. Expedition against the French
- pp. 74-75
- 6. In the Country of Chief Ais
- pp. 76-78
- 7. First Voyage to Havana
- pp. 79-84
- 8. Expedition against the Corsairs
- pp. 85-86
- 9. In the Country of Chief Carlos
- pp. 87-100
- 11. In the Country of Chief Guale
- pp. 112-119
- 12. In the Country of Chief Orista
- pp. 120-124
- 13. Return to the Country of Chief Guale
- pp. 125-128
- 14. Return to San Mateo and St. Augustine
- pp. 129-132
- 15. Second Voyage to Havana
- pp. 133-138
- 25. In the Country of Chief Tocobaga
- pp. 175-178
- 27. Return to Havana
- p. 182
- 31. Return to San Felipe
- p. 188
- 32. Voyage to Spain
- pp. 189-193
- 1. El viaje a Florida
- pp. 211-215
- 2. Captura de Fort Caroline
- pp. 216-235
- 3. Primera masacre de hugonotes
- pp. 236-241
- 4. Segunda masacre de hugonotes
- pp. 242-246
- 5. Expedición contra los franceses
- pp. 247-248
- 6. En tierras del cacique Ais
- pp. 249-251
- 7. Primer viaje a La Habana
- pp. 252-257
- 8. Expedición contra corsarios
- pp. 258-259
- 9. En tierras del cacique Carlos
- pp. 260-272
- 11. En tierras del cacique Guale
- pp. 283-289
- 12. En tierras del cacique Orista
- pp. 290-294
- 13. Regreso a tierras del cacique Guale
- pp. 295-298
- 14. Regreso a San Mateo y San Agustín
- pp. 299-301
- 15. Segundo viaje a La Habana
- pp. 302-307
- 23. Viaje a Puerto Rico, Hispaniola y Cuba
- pp. 330-337
- 25. En tierras del cacique Tocobaga
- pp. 343-346
- 27. Regreso a La Habana
- p. 350
- 31. Regreso a San Felipe
- p. 356
- 32. Viaje a España
- pp. 357-361
- Bibliography
- pp. 415-420