PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSpanish troops assaulting a French fort in Floridalemmy.worldimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageSpanish troops assaulting a French fort in Floridalemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agowow there a lot of fascinating stories here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_assault_on_French_Florida among other little tidbits: On 20 July, 1565, the English adventurer John Hawkins arrived at the fort with his fleet … The French introduced Hawkins to tobacco, which they all were using, and in turn he introduced it to England upon his return. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Caroline
wow there a lot of fascinating stories here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_assault_on_French_Florida
among other little tidbits:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Caroline