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La Florida Map (110.01.00)

La Florida Map
Abraham Ortelius. “La Florida/Guastecan from Peruuiae avriferæ regionis typus. . . . ” Antwerp: Christophorum Plantinum, 1584. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (110.01.00)

The Spanish Concept of Florida (110.02.02)

The Spanish Concept of Florida
Wytfliet, Cornelis van. Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum . . . (Decsriptions of Ptolemy Increased . . . ). Lovanii Tijpis Gerardi: Riuij, 1598. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (110.02.02)

The First Description of Florida Indians (108.01.02)

The First Description of Florida Indians
René Goulaine de Laudonnière (c. 1529–1574). L'histoire notable de la Floride (A Noteworthy History of Florida). Paris: Guillaume Auuray, 1586. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (108.01.02)

Spaniards Enslaved by Indians (107.01.01)

Spaniards Enslaved by Indians
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490–ca. 1557). Relación y comentarios del Governador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Account and commentaries of Govenor Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca). [Valladolid: Francisco Fernández de Cordova, 1555]. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107.01.01)

Bilingual Catechism in Spanish and Timucuan (104.00.03)

Bilingual Catechism in Spanish and Timucuan
Francisco de Pareja (d. 1628). Catecismo en Lengua Timuquana y Castellana (Catechism in the Timucuan and Spanish languages). Mexico: Juan Ruiz, 1627. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (104.00.03)

Founder of St. Augustine (111.00.00)

Founder of St. Augustine
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574) to Don Cristóbal de Eraso, Manuscript sailing orders, July 21, 1572. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (111.00.00)

Map of St. Augustine and Vicinity (167.00.00)

Map of St. Augustine and Vicinity
[Map of the town, fort, and entrance to the harbor of St. Augustine and vicinity, Florida, 1595]. Pen-and-ink tracing. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (167.00.00)

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