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Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and South-eastern Indians
Jerald T Milanich
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paperback. The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, this work offers descriptions of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. It contends the missions were an integral part of Spain's La Florida colony. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 b&w photos, 13 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HDD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted in the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, ""Laboring in the Fields of the Lord"" contends the missions were an integral part of Spain's La Florida colony, ... Read more
The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted in the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, ""Laboring in the Fields of the Lord"" contends the missions were an integral part of Spain's La Florida colony, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029665
SKU
V9780813029665
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About Jerald T Milanich
Jerald T. Milanich is curator in archaeology for the Florida Museum of Natural History and author of many books on Florida history and archaeology, including Frolicking Bears, Wet Vultures, and Other Oddities: A New York Journalist in Nineteenth-Century Florida (UPF) and Florida Indians: From Ancient Times to the Present (UPF).
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