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New Lehman Course Explores
​'The Roots of Our Hispanic Heritage
'

February 3, 2017 - So which came first? The Spanish conquistadors or the British colonists? Jamestown or St. Augustine? The Spanish language or the English language? Hernando de Soto or Lewis and Clark? Do you know who celebrated America’s first Christmas? Where the city of Galveston, Tx. got its name? Read more . . .
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Miguel Perez at the Grand Canyon

​November, 5, 2015
Video: Profesor Miguel Pérez
​Habla de Nuestra Herencia Hispana

en 'Dialogo' de Bronxnet TV
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​Lehman Professor Miguel Perez Inducted
​into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Hall of Fame

September 21, 2015 - Miguel Perez, an acclaimed award-winning journalist and former chair of the Journalism, Communications, and Theater Department at Lehman College, recently achieved a major career milestone. On September 19, Professor Perez was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, an organization that he co-founded in 1984. The Hall of Fame honors journalists “whose efforts resulted in a greater number of Latinos entering the journalism profession or have helped to improve news coverage of the nation’s Latino community.” Read more . . .
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From reporter to teacher
​to
 Hispanic heritage historian

By Kristina Puga​​
January 14, 2015 - Miguel Perez, 64, always wanted to be a journalist from as young as he can remember. Since moving to the U.S. from Havana, Cuba as a refugee, in 1962, he has accomplished that dream – and then some. Read more -->
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Journalist sees need to teach Hispanic history
Saturday, September 21, 2013
BY  JOHN PETRICK
STAFF WRITER, THE RECORD

Five hundred years ago, explorer Ponce de León came ashore in America and staked Spain’s claim to the New World. It’s a remarkable milestone, but you’d never know it from the dearth of attention it’s getting, according to nationally syndicated columnist Miguel Perez. Read more ...
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Cuban journalist vows to reconnect Americans with their Hispanic roots

January 2, 2013 - LatinaLista — According to journalist and educator Miguel Perez, 2013 is a very important year for the United States — it’s the 500th anniversary of the nation’s discovery. Not by Christopher Columbus nor British colonists but by a Spanish conquistador named Juan Ponce de León.
​     Ponce de León was looking for that elusive ‘Fountain of Youth’ when he ran into some land and christened it Florida in April 1513. Yet, instead of crediting Ponce de León with discovering the United States, historians only gave him credit for discovering the state of Florida. Read more . . .
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Lehman College professor
​digs into Hispanic roots

By Lisbeth Bueno

December 26, 2012 - ​Miguel Perez, chair of Lehman College’s journalism, communications and theater department, has had a singular passion throughout his professional life: to inform Americans about this nation’s hidden Hispanic heritage. Read more . . .
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​First Christmas in US was in Tallahassee

(Tallahassee Democrat) -- On this day, 475 years ago, historians believe several Catholic priests conducted masses for Spanish soldiers in Tallahassee — and behold! The first Christmas was observed in what would become the United States of America.
     Someday, maybe even by next Christmas, people will be able to commemorate that event at the site where it is presumed to have occurred. The Florida Department of State is still pushing ahead with efforts to turn the site of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto's 1539-1540 winter encampment in Tallahassee into a visitors' attraction.
The site, on East Lafayette Street, was identified in 1987 by the late state archaeologist Calvin Jones. Visitors already can view artifacts and displays about the de Soto encampment in the Gov. John Martin House, a historic home built on the site in 1933-1937. Read more . . .

GETTING RESULTS!!!

My column on “America’s First Christmas,” originally published in December of 2011, has been used to promote an effort to create a tourist attraction at the Tallahassee, Fl. site where Hernando de Soto and his men camped in December of 1539. It helped organizers attain state House and Senate resolutions in support of the project!
Check it out:

OBTENIENDO RESULTADOS!!

Mi columna sobre "La Primera Navidad en Norteamérica", publicada originalmente en diciembre de 2011, ha sido utilizada para promover un esfuerzo para crear una atracción turística en Tallahassee, FL., lugar donde Hernando de Soto y sus hombres acamparon en diciembre de 1539. La columna ayudó a los organizadores lograr resoluciones de la Cámara y el Senado estatal en apoyo al proyecto! Compruébelo usted mismo: 
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Journalist creates a campaign to increase awareness of the true history of the U.S.

By Ruth E. Hernández
New York, Nov 28, 2012 (EFE). -- Cuban journalist and educator Miguel Pérez is conducting a campaign to rescue history and educate about the arrival of the Spanish in what is now the United States, a century before the British.
"In this country there are many historians and teachers who have decided to teach history starting with the arrival of the British, ignoring everything that happened before, since April of 1513 when Juan Ponce de León arrived" in search of the fountain of youth, and was credited with the discovery of Florida, Pérez told Efe.

In this regard, he noted that the history books "fail" to explain that in the sixteenth century the territory identified as Florida is what is now known as the United States, so that 2013 marks 500 years of that discovery.

"Ponce de Leon did not discover Florida because it didn’t exist as a state, he discovered what is now the United States, but he is not given credit for that," asserts Pérez, who recently launched http://www.hiddenhispanicheritage.com, a page which gathers all the columns that for years he has written on the subject, as well as maps and photos.

As he explains on the web page, published under the name of "Hidden Hispanic Heritage: The Bucket List of Places, Ideas and Historical Evidence to Reconnect Americans with their Hispanic Roots,” the map of what used to be Florida shows “from end to end” what is now the United States.

"The 500th anniversary of the discovery of our nation certainly deserves a big celebration," he says in one of his columns on the web site, in what is to become a book that already has some published chapters.

The journalist said that it was not until he was an adult that he discovered a history that was never taught in schools in this country, where he arrived as a child.

Pérez wants Americans and Latinos to discover the "hidden Hispanic roots" in the history of this country. He wants to see that part of American history taught in schools and published in books.

He noted that the Spanish conquistadors not only headed south from the Caribbean, to Central and South America, but also moved north, reaching what is now U.S.

"Hernando de Soto, (conquistador and explorer who died in 1542 on the Mississippi River), Francisco Coronado (1510 to 1554, who traveled through New Mexico and other parts of what is now the Unite States), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574, founder of St. Augustine, the first city in Florida, in 1565) and many other Spanish explorers are the real pioneers," he says in one of his articles.

"We must demand that the real history is taught. Latino youth have no heroes, but it’s not because they don’t exist; it’s because they don’t know them," said Pérez, chair of the Journalism Department at Lehman College in the Bronx.

This well-known columnist and political analyst, who has toured the United States, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico as part of this initiative, noted that these omissions are attributed to what is known as “the black legend," woven for centuries by British and French writers against the Spanish.

"The campaign was: the Spanish were coming to massacre and kill and search for gold and the British came to establish colonies and families. The Spanish recognized that there was a campaign and called it the 'black legend,' but that continued against their heirs, the Latin Americans," he said.

He added that "later American writers adopted that anti-Hispanic campaign and began to discriminate against Latinos and treat us as if we were inferior. That comes from the time of the conquistadors."

He plans to take a sabbatical in 2013 to continue the investigation and give talks at universities, especially those with large numbers of Latino students, to address future educators “who are the one who will make a difference” in teaching the true history of the United States.

Copyright (c) Reuters, S.A. 2011, all rights reserved.

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Periodista crea una campaña para que se conozca la verdadera historia de EE.UU.

Por Ruth E. Hernández
Nueva York, 28 nov, 2012 (EFE).- El periodista y educador cubano Miguel Pérez lleva a cabo una campaña para rescatar la historia y educar sobre la llegada de los españoles a lo que hoy es EE.UU. un siglo antes que los ingleses.
"En este país hay muchos historiadores y profesores que han decidido enseñar la historia a partir de los ingleses, ignorando todo lo que ocurrió antes, desde abril de 1513 en que llegó Juan Ponce de León" en busca de la fuente de la juventud, a quien señalan como el descubridor de Florida, dijo Pérez a Efe.

En este aspecto, recordó que los libros de historia "fallan" al explicar que en el siglo XVI el territorio identificado como Florida es lo que hoy se conoce como EE.UU, por lo que en 2013 se cumplirían 500 años de ese descubrimiento.

"Ponce de León no descubrió la Florida porque no existía como estado, descubrió lo que es ahora Estados Unidos pero no le dan crédito por ello", dijo con firmeza Pérez, quien recientemente lanzó la página http://www.hiddenhispanicheritage.com, donde ha reunido todas las columnas que durante años ha escrito sobre el tema, así como mapas y fotos.


Según explica en la página, que publica bajo el nombre de "Herencia hispana oculta de América: la lista de deseos de lugares, ideas, y evidencia histórica para reconectar a los americanos con sus raíces hispanas", el mapa de lo que era la Florida muestra "de punta a punta" lo que es hoy EE.UU.

"El 500 aniversario del descubrimiento de nuestra nación seguramente merece una gran celebración", señala en una de sus columnas en la página, y que se convertirán en un libro del que ya tiene algunos capítulos.

El periodista dice que no fue hasta era adulto que descubrió la historia que nunca le enseñaron en las escuelas en este país al que llegó siendo un niño.

Pérez busca que los estadounidenses y latinos descubran las "raíces ocultas hispanas" en la historia de este país, que se enseñe en las escuelas y se publique en los libros.

Recordó que los conquistadores españoles no solo se dirigieron al sur -Centro y Sudamérica- sino que también se desplazaron al norte, llegando a lo que es hoy EE.UU.

"Hernando de Soto, (conquistador y explorador que murió en 1542 en el río Misisipi), Francisco Coronado (1510-1554, que viajó por Nuevo México y otras partes de lo que es hoy EE.UU.), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574, fundador de San Agustín, la primera ciudad de Florida, en 1565) y muchos otros exploradores españoles son los auténticos pioneros", señala en uno de sus artículos.

"Hay que exigir que la verdadera historia se enseñe. Los jóvenes latinos no tienen héroes no porque no existan, sino porque no los conocen", afirmó Pérez, director del Departamento de Periodismo del Lehman College en El Bronx.

Este conocido columnista y analista político, que ha hecho un recorrido por EE.UU, la República Dominicana y Puerto Rico como parte de esta iniciativa, recordó que esta omisión se atribuye a lo que se conoce como "la leyenda negra", tejida por siglos por ingleses y franceses contra los españoles.

"La campaña era que los españoles venían a masacrar, matar y buscar oro y que ellos venían a establecer colonias y familias. Los españoles reconocieron que existía la campaña y la llamaron la 'leyenda negra', pero eso continuó contra los herederos de los españoles, los latinoamericanos", destacó.

Agregó que "después la adoptaron los escritores norteamericanos y se comenzó a discriminar a los latinos como inferiores. Eso viene desde la época de los conquistadores".

Entre sus planes próximos figura tomar una sabática en 2013 para continuar con la investigación y ofrecer charlas en universidades, especialmente aquellas con gran número de estudiantes latinos, para hablar con aquellos que serán los educadores del futuro, "que son los que harán una diferencia", enseñando la verdadera historia.

Copyright (c) Agencia EFE, S.A. 2011, todos los derechos reservados.

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                   CHAPTERS/CAPITULOS

1. Our Pre-Mayflower Thanksgivings
Nuestros Días de Acción de Gracias Pre-Mayflower
               
2. A Tale of Two Cities
                 
3. Our Pre-Hispanic Heritage
              

4. The Black Legend Returns

4. La Leyenda Negra Regresa
                
5. Even on HBO, The Black Legend Lives
                   
6. Our Spanish Heritage
                     
7. Exalted or Offended?
                    
8. We are all 'Americanos'
                  
9. Latinos are Failing
                  
10. Hispanic, Columbus or Indigenous Day?
10. 
™Dia Hispano, De Colon o Indigena?
                   
11. Two Good Places to Rest
11. Dos buenos lugares para descansar
                  
12. Whitman's Prophetic Letter
12. La Carta Profética de Whitman
                  
13. America’s Cradle
13. La Cuna de America
                 
14. Our Quincentennial is Coming!

14. ´Nuestro Quinto Centenario Se Avecina!
                   
15. 
This chapter was merged with Chapter 29
                
16. A Time To Welcome the Spirits
                  
17. A Hispanic Christmas
17. Una Navidad Hispana
                  
18. JOSE MARTI:
     His Legacy Lives Here
     Su Legado Vive Aquí 
                
19. Hyphenated and Proud!
                   
20. Politicizing Education

21. Speak Any Spanish Lately?
              
22. Happy Three Kings Day!
22. ​
´Feliz Día de Reyes!
               
23. 
This chapter was merged with Chapter 29

24. A Long-Overdue Museum
                 
25. America's First Christmas was celebrated in Spanish
25. La Primera Navidad Americana fue celebrada en español

26. The Grand Canyon
and the Bucket List
 Of Hispanic Heritage
26. El Gran Canyon
y la Lista de Lugares de la Herencia Hispana

                  
27. Now That Fiesta Month Is Here,
Can We Talk About Heritage?

27. Ahora que el mes de fiesta hispana esta aquí,

​™Podemos hablar de nuestra herencia?
                  
28. Our Hispanic Heritage: On Exhibit and Yet Hidden
28. Nuestra Herencia Hispana: En Exhibición y Sin Embargo Oculta

29. Florida's Birthday Should Be a National Holiday

             
30. A Local Celebration that Should be National               

31. 
This chapter was merged with Chapter 30               
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32. The Conveniently 'Forgotten War'
32. La Guerra Convenientemente Olvidada

33. Guantanamo Has a History  June 4, 2013

34. Exposing the Social Media Bigots  June 18, 2013
34. Exponiendo a los Intolerantes
     de los Medios Sociales June 18, 2013

35. Thinking of Cusi On the Fourth of July
35. Pensando en Cusi en el Cuatro de Julio

36. The Discovery of White Hispanics
36.  El Descubrimiento de los Hispanos Blancos

37. Let's Build a Timeline Of Hispanic-American History
37. Vamos a Construir una Cronología
     De la Historia Hispanoamericana

38. In the Name of Heritage
38. En el Nombre de la Herencia

39. Hispanics or Latinos?
39. ™Hispanos o Latinos?

40.  Hollywood's Hidden Hispanic Heritage
40. La Herencia Hispana Oculta en Hollywood

41. Obliviously Living in ‘The Land of Estevan Gomez’
41. Viviendo Inconscientemente
       En la ‘Tierra de Estevan Gómez’

42. Marking America's Birthplace
42. Marcando el Lugar de Nacimiento De Estados Unidos

43. Hispanics in Denial Should Be Infamous
43. Los Hispanos en Rechazo Deben Ser Infames

44. 
Gay Marriage's Hidden American History
      Started in Spanish
 CABEZA DE VACA'S JOURNEY
44. La Historia Oculta del Matrimonio Gay
      En América Comenzó en Español
        EL VIAJE DE CABEZA DE VACA​

45. Super Bowl Coke Commercial
       Draws Out Ugly Americans

45. Comercial de Coke en Super Bowl
     Hace Relucir a los Americanos Feos


46. 
The 'Discovery' of Self-Loathing Hispanics
46. El ‘Descubrimiento' de los
     Hispanos que se Auto Desprecian


THE GREAT HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY TOUR 
June 2014 - January 2015


47. My Pilgrimage to San Xavier
47. Mi Peregrinaje a San Xavier

48. The Great Hispanic American History Tour
48. La Gran Gira por la Historia Hispanoamericana

49. On the Trail of Conquistadors
49. En el Camino de los Conquistadores

50. Beyond St. Augustine
50. Más Allá de San Agustín

51. A Hidden Hispanic Role Model
51. Un Modelo Hispano Oculto

52. The Hispanic Flank of the American Revolution
52. El Flanco Hispano de la Revolucion Americana
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53. New Orleans Has a Spanish ‘Ne Sais Quoi’
53. Nueva Orleans Tiene Un ‘Ne Sais Quoi’ Español

54. Galveston: Still the Isle of Misfortune?

55. Extracting Compacted History
     Unveils Hidden Hispanic Heritage

56. 'Remember The Alamo' Was a Spanish Mission

57. San Antonio: The Showcase Of Our Hispanic Heritage

58. There Was Compassion On the Spanish Mission Trail

59. A Hidden Latina Role Model

60. Time Portals on the Road

61. The First Thanksgiving
     In the (Southwest) United States

62. The World's Biggest Statue
of a Nameless Horseback Rider


63. A River Runs Through Our Hispanic Heritage

64. A Beacon of Hope On a Border Mountaintop

65. A Mexican-American Town
65. Un Pueblo Mexico-Americano

66. The Crossroads of Conquistadors

67. Hiking In Search of Coronado's Trail

68. The Real American Pioneers

69. Keeping My Pledge to San Xavier

70. If They Knew Arizona's History,
     They Wouldn't Be So Xenophobic

71. 'Tucson' is a Spanish Adaptation

72. Under a Utah Lake, Hispanic Heritage Lives

73. A Hilltop View Of Hispanic Heritage

74. Searching for Coronado's Quivira

75. The Spanish Savior of St. Louis

76. 
Jefferson's Spanish Library

WASHINGTON, D.C.
February-June 2015

77. When Galvez Came to Congress
77. Cuando Gálvez Vino al Congreso


78. A Tour of Our Extraordinarily Hispanic U.S. Capitol

79. Searching for Not-S0-Hidden
Hispanic Heritage in Washington, DC


80. Smithsonian Omits Hispanics In U.S. History Exhibit
80. Smithsonian Omite a los Hispanos
     en Exhibición de Historia de EE.UU.
MIAMI - August 2015
​
81. Finding Dad in a Museum
81. Encontre a Mi Padre en un Museo


​CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP - 2018
82. International Friendship Park ​at U.S.-Mexico Border
​- A Jagged Corner of the World


83. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
​
84. Cabrillo National Monument

85. ​It took more than 2 centuries

86. Presidio Park: The Birthplace
of the Spanish Colonization of California


87. Junípero Serra Museum Transcends the Story of a Great Man

88. Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá:
California's First Spanish Mission


89. Old Mission (Padre) Dam: California's First Aqueduct

90. Even at the beach in San Diego, you can't avoid Spanish history

91. Chicano Park: Mexican-American ​painted under highway ramps

92. Balboa Park: Candy for your eyes amid a painful controversy!

93. San Diego: An American Town
Named After the Saint from Alcalá

93. San Diego: Un Pueblo Americano
Lleva el Nombre del Santo de Alcalá


94. San Luis Rey de Francia: The King of the California Missions
94. San Luis Rey de Francia: ​El Rey de las Misiones de California

95. San Antonio de Pala:
A Sub-Mission to Reach
 the Natives of the Interior
95. San Antonio de Pala:
Una Asistencia para Alcanzar los Nativos del Interior

96. San Juan Capistrano:
The Home of the Mission Swallows
 from Argentina
96. San Juan Capistrano:
El Hogar de las Golondrinas Desaparecidas ​de Argentina

97. San Gabriel Arcángel: A Mission that Launched Cities
97. San Gabriel Arcángel: Una Misión Que Lanzó Ciudades

98. El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Ángeles:
Hispanics had to be imported

98. El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Ángeles:
Hispanos tuvieron que sen importados


99. La Plaza de Cultura y Artes:
A Walk through Mexican-American History

99. La Plaza de Cultura y Artes:
Un Paseo por la historia 
​mexicoamericana


100. Strolling the Hispanic Walk of Fame
​100. Caminando por el Paseo Hispano de la Fama

101. San Fernando Rey de España Teaches
California's Colonial History

101. ​​San Fernando Rey de España Enseña
la historia colonial de California


​102. Mission San Buenaventura Survived Earthquakes and Pirates
102. Misión San Buenaventura Sobrevivió Terremotos y Piratas

​103. Father Serra Cross: On a hill,
​overlooking ​the land he shepherded

​103. La Cruz del Padre Serra: En una colina,
​con vistas a la tierra que pastoreaba


104. The Birthplace of Santa Barbara
104. El Lugar de Nacimiento de Santa Barbara

105. The Queen of the Spanish Missions
105. La Reina de las Misiones Españolas

106. Mission Santa Ines: Built to relieve other overcrowded missions
106. Misión Santa Inés: Construida para aliviar otras misiones superpobladas

107. Mission La Purísima Concepcion:
​Going back in time ​to Spanish California

107. Mision La Purísima Concepción:
Retrocediendo en ​el tiempo a la California española


XXX. Saluting an exile: ​Father Félix Varela
XXX. The Meaning of 'Sotomayor'
SPECIAL SECTIONS
• Great (pro-Hispanic) Americans
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• 16th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
• 17th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
• 18th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
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• Spanish-American expeditions before Jamestown
• NYC ​Hispanic Landmarks
• NYC Hispanic Art
• Do You Know/Sabes?
• Garita Art
​
• Do You Speak Spanglish?
HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE
​1513 Ponce de Leon Discovers North America, Names Her 'Florida'

April 22, 1513 ​Alaminos discovers the Gulf Stream

1517 De Cordoba, wounded in Yucatan, stops in Florida

1518 Grijalva Reaches Galveston Island

1519 De Pineda confirms Florida ​is not an island​

1521 Ponce de Leon Returns to Florida, Falls Mortally Wounded

1524-25 Estevan Gomez Explores North America's East Coast

1526 Ayllón lands in S.C., settles in Georgia


1528 Narváez expedition succumbs to storms and natives

1528-36 Cabeza de Vaca treks across North America

1537-42 Cabeza de Vaca Returns to Spain, Writes 'La Relación'

1539 De Niza Searches for Golden Cities of Cibola
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1539-42 De Soto celebrates first American Christmas

1540 Hernando de Alarcon Reaches California

1540-42 Coronado Explores the Southwest,
Cardenas Discovers ​the Grand Canyon


1542-43  ​Cabrillo explores California coast​

1559 De Luna Builds Santa Maria de Ochuse​


1565 Pedro Menendez de Avilés Establishes San Agustin

1566 Santa Elena Built in South Carolina

1598 ​Juan de Oñate Explores New Mexico

1602 Sebastian Vizcaino ​explores the West Coast

1610 Pedro de Peralta establishes Santa Fe

1610-26 The Birth of San Miguel, oldest church in the U.S.A.

1613 Juan Rodriguez becomes the first Manhattan immigrant

1633 Misión San Luis de Apalachee is born in Tallahassee

​1682 San Antonio de la Ysleta becomes first mission in Texas

1691 Father Eusebio Kino builds Tumacácori and Guevavi

1692 ​Father Kino builds San Xavier del Bac 

1692 Diego de Vargas leads ​'Bloodless Reconquest" of Santa Fe

1695 Castillo de San Marcos ​Completed in St. Augustine

1718 Mission San Antonio de Valero is born
​- long before it became The Alamo
​

1738 Runaway slaves establish Fort Mose,
​the first free African-American community​


​1738 Francisco Menendez Leads Fort Mose

1742 Spanish Soldiers ​Open Fort Matanzas

1752 Spanish Soldiers Build Presidio de Tubac

1763 Spanish Florida Goes to England

1765 Juan Antonio Maria de Rivera ​explores ​Colorado and Utah
​
1769 
Father Serra opens ​San Diego de Alcalá,
California's first ​Spanish mission


1771 Father Serra establishes San Gabriel Arcángel

1772 Good hunting determines site
​of ​Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa


1775 Captain Hugh O’Connor
​builds Presidio San Agustin del Tucson


​1776-83 Hispanics in the American Revolution

1776 The Birth of San Francisco

1781 Spanish troops defeat the British, capture Pensacola

1781 Pobladores of Los Angeles are imported

1791 ​Alessandro Malaspina Alaska Reaches Alaska

1797 Fermín Francisco de Lasuén
Establishes Misión San Fernando Rey de España


1797 The Birth of Villa de Branciforte

Herencia Hispana Oculta de America:
La Lista de Lugares, Ideas, y Evidencia Historica para Reconectár a los Americanos con sus Raíces Hispanas

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America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage:
The Bucket List of Places, Ideas and Historical Evidence to Reconnect Americans with their  Hispanic Roots
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