Santa María de Ochuse

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Santa María de Ochuse was a short-lived 16th-century Spanish colonial settlement on the Gulf Coast, established as part of Spain’s early attempts to colonize what is now the southeastern United States.

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Santa María de Ochuse canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial settlement
abandoned settlement
alsoKnownAs Luna settlement
Ochuse
centuryOfEstablishment 16th century
country Spanish Empire
followedBy later Spanish settlements at Pensacola Bay
foundedBy Spain
Tristán de Luna y Arellano
foundingYear 1559
hasColonialPower Spain
hasHistoricalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Spanish colonization of the Americas
historicalSignificance illustrates difficulties of early Spanish colonization in the Southeast
one of the earliest European settlements on the U.S. Gulf Coast
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast
locatedInPresentDay Florida
United States of America
surface form: United States

southeastern United States
locatedNear Pensacola Bay
locatedOn Gulf of Mexico
namedAfter Virgin Mary
partOf La Florida
partOfCampaign early Spanish attempts to colonize the Gulf Coast
precededBy earlier exploratory voyages along the Gulf Coast
purpose base for Spanish colonization of the southeastern United States
colonial settlement
regionType frontier colony
shortLived true

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