| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solís de Merás, Gonzalo. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | 1565 | 16cent/2/mid | St Augustine | America |
Chronicle of the voyages of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Spanish colonisation of Florida, USA. Musicians are mentioned in his 1566 meeting with tye Calusa people in what is now St Augustine, Florida.
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| archival document |
Original text: el Adelanto, llevando 200 arcabuceros consigo e una bandera, 2 pífanos e tambores, 3 trompetas, una arpa, una vihuela de arco e un salterio, e un enano pequeño, gran cantador y danzador. (worth2014, 227)
English translation “the Adelantado took with him 200 arquebusiers and a flag, 2 fifes and drums, 3 trumpets, a harp, vihuela de arco, and a psalter,y and a small dwarf, a great singer and dancer” (worth2014, 247)
| Code | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| worth2014 | Worth, John E | Discovering Florida: First-Contact Narratives from Spanish Expeditions along the Lower Gulf Coast. Translated and edited by John E. Worth. Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2014. | |
| solis-arbescu2017 | Solís de Merás, Gonzalo. | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the conquest of Florida: a new manuscript. Edited and translated by David Arbescú-Fernández. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017. | |
| thompson2018 | Thompson, Victor D., William H. Marquardt, Karen J. Walker, Amanda D. Roberts Thompson, and Lee A. Newsom. | “Collective Action, State Building, and the Rise of the Calusa, Southwest Florida, USA” 2018 |