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The English already believe the late governor …
Years: 1586 - 1586
The English already believe the late governor Menendez de Avíles and the Spanish colonists of La Florida had been responsible for the disappearance of the English fishing settlements in America.
Thus, following the disappearance of the Roanoke colony in Virginia, the blame had immediately leveled been at St. Augustine.
Francis Drake, on the return leg of his circumnavigation of the globe, attacks and burns St. Augustine in Florida, driving the surviving Spanish settlers into the wilderness.
Lacking sufficient forces or authority to permanently establish a settlement, Drake leaves the area.
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- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- New Spain, Viceroyalty of
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada)
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Years: 1586 - 1586
Locations
People
Groups
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- New Spain, Viceroyalty of
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada)
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Commodoties
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Subregions