Spanish Florida
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former Spanish possession in North America (1513–1763, 1783–1821)
Key facts
- Status
- Governorate of the Spanish Empire
- Capital
- San Agustín
- Government
- Monarchy
- 1565 1598 first
- Philip II
- 1759 1763 last
- Charles III
- 1565 1574 first
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
- 1762 1763 last
- Melchor Feliú
- Initial pensacola establishment abandonm
- 1559–1561
- Fort caroline establishment as part of f
- 1564–1565
- Santa elena establishment at charlesfort
- 1566–1587
- Transferred to britain
- 10 February 1763
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province
- Part of
- Captaincy General of Cuba
- Country
- Spanish Empire
- Located in
- Captaincy General of Cuba
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Pensacola
- Official language
- Spanish
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- topic's main category
- Category:Spanish Florida
- inception
- 1513-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1818-00-00
- replaced by
- Florida Territory
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Mississippi
- Commons category
- Spanish Florida
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofUnited States Southern Alabama
Florida
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spanish Florida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.