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The struggle for the Georgia Coast: An 18th-century Spanish retrospective on Guale and Mocama
American Museum of Natural History
1995
Abstract
This volume examines the late 17th-century transformation and retreat of the Spanish mission provinces of Guale and Mocama in the face of English-sponsored hostility from the north. The central focus of the text is the presentation of English translations of the recently identified 1739 package of historical documentation assembled by the Governor of Florida Don Manuel de Montiano in an attempt to demonstrate Spain's prior ownership of the new English colony of Georgia. This package comprises a rich variety of original and transcribed documents dating to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, including gubernatorial orders, legal proceedings and investigations, internal Franciscan documentation, royal decrees, and a detailed census and visitation record for Guale and Mocama. Based on these documents, supplemented by extensive new historical research, an in-depth introductory overview provides a detailed and somewhat revised portrait of the retreat of Guale and Mocama between 1655 and 1685. Although the aggregation and relocation of aboriginal settlements to the south and toward the sea ultimately failed to halt the onslaught of slave-raiders and pirates, chiefly lineages remained largely intact throughout this period, attesting to the remarkable persistence and adaptability of Guale and Mocama culture.
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- Title
- The struggle for the Georgia Coast
- Resource Type
- Book
- Publisher
- American Museum of Natural History; New York, NY
- Number of pages
- 221
- Copyright
- © American Museum of Natural History
- Identifiers
- 9780820317458; 9780817354114; 99380090607006600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Anthropology
- Language
- English