La Florida
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La Florida was a vast 16th-century Spanish colonial territory in the southeastern region of what is now the United States, encompassing parts of present-day Florida and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Florida canonical | 3 |
| Florida | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial territory
ⓘ
former territory of the Spanish Empire ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
English colonies on the Atlantic seaboard
ⓘ
French colonial Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
French Louisiana
|
| capital |
Municipality of Havana
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana (de facto administrative center for much of the period)
St. Augustine ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| discovererOrInventor | Juan Ponce de León ⓘ |
| endTime |
1763
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African slaves
ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| followedBy |
East Florida
ⓘ
surface form:
British East Florida
West Florida ⓘ
surface form:
British West Florida
|
| historyOfTopic |
European exploration of North America
ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| inception | 1513 ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Viceroyalty of New Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
|
| namedAfter | Pascua Florida (Feast of Flowers) ⓘ |
| namedBy | Juan Ponce de León ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish America
ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ Spanish colonial borderlands in North America ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Seven Years' War cession to Britain in 1763
ⓘ
Spanish missions in North America ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish missions in Florida
founding of St. Augustine in 1565 ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| startTime |
1513
ⓘ
16th century ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Atlantic coast of present-day United States
ⓘ
Gulf Coast of present-day United States ⓘ parts of present-day Arkansas ⓘ parts of present-day Tennessee ⓘ parts of present-day Texas ⓘ present-day Alabama ⓘ present-day Florida ⓘ present-day Georgia ⓘ present-day Louisiana ⓘ present-day Mississippi ⓘ present-day North Carolina ⓘ present-day South Carolina ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imperial frontier defense
ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Florida