This Dangerous History Podcast episode covers a dramatic but very little-known conflict in the early history of colonial North America, which culminated in multiple mass murders of European colonists by other, rival European colonists.

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An overview of early Spanish attempts at colonizing La Florida, which were a series of major failures running from Ponce de Leon in 1519 to Tristan de Luna in 1559, after which the Spanish Crown ended all attempts at colonizing the regionThe beginning of French Huguenot involvement in Florida, which renewed Spanish interest in the areaSpain's decision to make one last attempt to colonize Florida, to be led by Pedro Menendez de AvilesThe race to Florida between Menendez' expedition and that of Huguenot leader Jean RibaultThe conflict in Florida between the Spanish Catholics and French Huguenots, culminating in multiple cold-blooded massacresThe legacy of all this not only for the history of Florida, but the subsequent colonial history of North AmericaSupport the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon, SubscribeStar, or Bitbacker.

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