Season 2: Episode 3: Tristán de Luna

In 1557, the King of Spain had ordered the Viceroy of Mexico to appoint a Governor of Florida and St. Helena, who would also be entrusted with an expedition that ought to establish three settlements in eastern North America; one immediately off the port of Ochuse, on the coast of Florida bordering the Gulf of Mexico; another in the "province of Coosa" (present-day northwest Alabama), and finally, a third on the Atlantic side, in a place called Punta de Santa Elena (present-day Port Royal, in South Carolina). Tristán de Luna was the chosen one.

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Season 2: Episode 3: Tristán de Luna is an episode from The untold history by The Hispanic Council.

This episode is 08:14 long.

This episode was published on Sep 29, 2021.

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