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Spain in Georgia
Michael Gagnon, Phd
Assistant Professor of History
Originally presented for
Gwinnett Reads
Noble Village
September 29, 2009
Spanish Georgia
• Ayllon established briefly in 1526
• DeSoto in 1540
• Permanent Missions by 1580s
• Guale & Mocomo Peoples
• Missions Abandoned by 1686 due to slaving
attacks from British.
1526 Map Showing Land of Ayllon
1529 Map
of both
Americas
Showing
Land
of Ayllon
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
• Became wealthy after
arriving in Hispaniola in
1503
• Landed at Santee River to
enslave Indians in 1521
• Surveyed coast of Georgia
and Carolinas in 1523
• 600 Colonists at San
Miguel de Gualdape on
Sapelo Sound in 1526
• Died October 1526
DeSoto in 1540
De Soto
• Mostly important for the
diseases he brought that
destroyed much of
Native American culture
for the foreseeable
future.
• Known for his brutality
European Brutality
Permanent Missions by 1580s
• St. Augustine in Florida found 1565
• Franciscan monks found missions in Guale and
Mocama starting in 1587
• After 1604, Mission system extends up
Altamaha River and west of Okeefenokee
• Priests and Monks serve as intermediaries
between Native Chiefs and Spanish military
• Interior missions abandoned by 1560s due to
depopulation from disease
Spanish
Missions
On
Georgia’s
Coast
1526-1686
Sapelo
Sound
Spanish
Missions
On
Georgia’s
Coast
1526-1686
Capital
of
Guale
Spanish
Missions
On
Georgia’s
Coast
1526-1686
Capital of
Mocama
Spain Eventually Abandons Georgia
• Natives allied with British in South Carolina start series of
slaving raids on mission towns of the interior starting in 1660s
• Mission Indians retreat to Georgia’s barrier islands by 1685
• Final pirate raid by South Carolina destroys last Mission
town on St. Catherine’s island
• Last Mission Indians retreat to Florida in 1705 to avoid
contact with encroaching British and British allied Indians,
only about 25 years before Oglethorpe settles Georgia as
British colony.
• Mocama Indians evacuated from Florida to Cuba when
Spain relinquished Florida following Peace treaty ending
French and Indian War in 1763.

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Spanish georgia presentation for gwinnett reads program

  • 1. Spain in Georgia Michael Gagnon, Phd Assistant Professor of History Originally presented for Gwinnett Reads Noble Village September 29, 2009
  • 2. Spanish Georgia • Ayllon established briefly in 1526 • DeSoto in 1540 • Permanent Missions by 1580s • Guale & Mocomo Peoples • Missions Abandoned by 1686 due to slaving attacks from British.
  • 3. 1526 Map Showing Land of Ayllon
  • 5. Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón • Became wealthy after arriving in Hispaniola in 1503 • Landed at Santee River to enslave Indians in 1521 • Surveyed coast of Georgia and Carolinas in 1523 • 600 Colonists at San Miguel de Gualdape on Sapelo Sound in 1526 • Died October 1526
  • 7. De Soto • Mostly important for the diseases he brought that destroyed much of Native American culture for the foreseeable future. • Known for his brutality
  • 9. Permanent Missions by 1580s • St. Augustine in Florida found 1565 • Franciscan monks found missions in Guale and Mocama starting in 1587 • After 1604, Mission system extends up Altamaha River and west of Okeefenokee • Priests and Monks serve as intermediaries between Native Chiefs and Spanish military • Interior missions abandoned by 1560s due to depopulation from disease
  • 13. Spain Eventually Abandons Georgia • Natives allied with British in South Carolina start series of slaving raids on mission towns of the interior starting in 1660s • Mission Indians retreat to Georgia’s barrier islands by 1685 • Final pirate raid by South Carolina destroys last Mission town on St. Catherine’s island • Last Mission Indians retreat to Florida in 1705 to avoid contact with encroaching British and British allied Indians, only about 25 years before Oglethorpe settles Georgia as British colony. • Mocama Indians evacuated from Florida to Cuba when Spain relinquished Florida following Peace treaty ending French and Indian War in 1763.