La Florida: Spanish Exploration & Settlement in North America, 1500 to 1600

by Aleck Loker

Overview

An engrossing narrative of Spanish settlement of the Native American territory. The characters come to life, and the clash of cultures explodes on page after page.
From the discovery of the New World by Columbus, and Ponce de Leon's naming it La Florida, through sixteen major expeditions on the Northern continent.
Unimaginable hardship, overlooked Native American kindness, and lust for gold provide a human dimension to this comprehensive history of early North America.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011836459
Publisher:	Solitude Press
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

I'm a ninth-generation Maryland native who knows and loves history. I attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1964. After college, I enjoyed a thirty-three year career at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. In my Navy career, I achieved recognition for innovative work that was widely published. My collaboration with Naval test pilots and engineers spanned virtually every facet of the aircraft flight test work at the Patuxent Navy base. I served as the Executive Director of the Naval Air Station during my last three years with the Navy.

Along the way, I studied local history and published numerous articles in magazines and in the Chronicles of St. Mary’s, a publication of the St. Mary’s County Historical Society. My first book-length work was the popular A Most Convenient Place, Leonardtown, Maryland 1650-1950, which has gone into the second printing.

My first novel, A Matter of Space, reflects my strong affection for the important work done by the Navy at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and the equally important work of the archaeologists, historians, interpreters and staff at Historic St. Mary’s City.

My wife Ann and I live in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'm currently working on a series of children’s stories and a third novel.