Tristán de Luna y Arellano

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Tristán de Luna y Arellano was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition to establish one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States.

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de Luna y Arellano 1

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instanceOf Spanish conquistador
colonial governor
explorer
person
appointedBy Viceroy of New Spain
approximateNumberOfColonists 1500
associatedModernLocation Pensacola, Florida
causeOfExpeditionFailure hurricane destruction of ships and supplies
logistical difficulties in resupply
starvation and disease among colonists
centuryOfActivity 16th century
colonistsIncluded African slaves
Mexican Indians
settlers
soldiers
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1519
dateOfDeath 1573
expeditionCharacterization ill-fated
expeditionEndYear 1561
expeditionOutcome failure
expeditionSponsoredBy Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
expeditionStartYear 1559
familyName Tristán de Luna y Arellano self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Luna y Arellano
foundedSettlementAt Pensacola Bay
foundedSettlementName Santa María de Ochuse
givenName Tristán
goalOfExpedition create a base for further inland exploration toward Santa Elena and Mexico
establish a permanent Spanish colony on the Gulf Coast
heldTitle Adelantado of Florida
surface form: adelantado of Florida
historicalSignificance early Spanish attempt to colonize the northern Gulf Coast
leader of one of the earliest European settlement attempts in the present-day United States
ledExpeditionTo Gulf of Mexico coastline
surface form: Gulf Coast of North America

Florida
surface form: La Florida

Pensacola Bay
legacy considered an early founder figure in Pensacola’s colonial history
militaryRank captain
notableFor attempting to found one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States
leading a Spanish expedition to Florida and the Gulf Coast
numberOfShipsInExpedition 11
occupation conquistador
explorer
military officer
participatedIn Spanish colonization of the Americas
placeOfBirth Boroní, Spain
regionOfActivity Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast

La Florida
Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: New Spain
servedUnder Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED

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Spanish conquest of Florida commander Tristán de Luna y Arellano
Tristán de Luna y Arellano familyName Tristán de Luna y Arellano self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Luna y Arellano
Pensacola, Florida founder Tristán de Luna y Arellano