Santa Elena (Spanish Florida)
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Santa Elena (Spanish Florida)
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Santa Elena, a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina, was the capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587. It was established under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the first governor of Spanish Florida. There had been a number of earlier attempts to establish colonies in the area by both the Spanish and the French, who had been inspired by the earlier accounts by Chicora and Hernando de Soto of rich territories in the interior. Menéndez's Santa Elena settlement was intended
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Elena_(Spanish_Florida)
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2007-06-04T14:37:07Z
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2024-08-27T22:11:06Z
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