E114 Colonial Florida ft. Grace Cathedral Park

About this episode

This episode explores the complex history of Colonial Florida, highlighting its unique position as a contested borderland and the interactions between European powers and Native American states.

Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Over five centuries ago, fabled conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon became the first European to place his espadrille on North American soil... yet it would take three more of those centuries the steamy, sunny peninsula he claimed would be host to any permanent European society. Florida was thus the first American state to be explored, yet the last to be settled. Colonial Florida presents a compelling question: what goes on here? The answer involves fisher-kings and filibusters, pirates and planters, Muscogees and Maroons, and many, many eccentric Florida Men. Liam and Russian Sam are joined once again by Jackson (@GraceCthdralPrk) for the first in a series on the Sunshine State — probably the most peripheral of the Lower 48, yet fundamental to American history, from the unsteady beginnings of colonialism to the ravages of Andrew Jackson and eventually the 20th-century triumph of air conditioning, swamp-draining and beachfront real estate. This episode of Gladio Free Europe examines Florida in its long early days as a permanent borderland, a place contested by shifting configurations of European authority who never had more than…

People in this episode

Hosts: Liam, Russian Sam

Guest: Jackson

Topics covered

• Colonial Florida
• European exploration
• Native American autonomy
• History of Florida
• Colonialism
• Cultural interactions

Keywords

• Colonial Florida
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Native American
• European exploration
• Andrew Jackson
• Cultural history
• Florida history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grace Cathedral Park

Places: Florida, North America, Calusa, Creek, Seminole

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