Early Florida Adventure Story

Name: Early Florida Adventure Story
Brand: University Press of Florida

University Press of Florida

An Early Florida Adventure StoryThe Fray Andrs De San Miguel Account\nAuthor(s): John H. Hann, Fray Andrs de San Miguel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813081434, 978-0813081434\nSynopsis\nA rare eyewitness account of a journey from Spain to the Americas during the Spanish colonial period\n\nAmong documents of Floridas Spanish colonial period, few eyewitness accounts exist. One of these, the 1595 narrative by Fray Andrs de San Miguel, expertly translated into English by John Hann, describes the two-year odyssey of a teenager from Spain across the Atlantic to Mexico, Havana, and Florida and finally back to Spain. The future friars account of his experiences as a young sailor brings to life the fleets of Spain and reveals how his journeys would change his life forever. It also provides vivid information about the Indigenous people of the Georgia and Florida coast.\n\nAfter Andrss ship passed C.