Missions to the Calusa - (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen) by John H Hann & William H Marquardt (Paperback)

About the Book

This compilation of historical documents includes letters, reports, and accounts written by Europeans during the
colonization of Southwest Florida, offering insights into Spanish contact with the Calusa.

Book Synopsis

This compilation of historical documents includes letters, reports, and accounts written by Europeans during the
colonization of Southwest Florida, offering insights into Spanish contact with the Calusa.

Review Quotes

"Contributes
significantly to the scant ethnohistorical and historical literature on this
complex fisher-hunter-gatherer chiefdom of southwest Florida."--American
Antiquity

"By
compiling in one volume numerous translated documents, . . . John Hann has
produced another valuable research tool for students of Florida history.
Spanning some 200 years, these documents vividly portray three brief abortive
efforts to bring the Calusa under the sway of the Spanish church."--Florida
Historical Quarterly

"Will
be of interest to students of Spanish missionary activity, especially during
the seventeenth century, and to ethnohistorians."--Hispanic American
Historical Review

"A
valuable contribution not only to Native American and early Florida history,
but also to a better understanding of the Spanish missionary effort in the
future United States." --Mississippi Quarterly

About the Author

John
H. Hann (1926-2009)
was historical sites specialist for the Florida Bureau of Archaeological
Research, Florida Department of State. His many books include Apalachee: The
Land Between the Rivers, winner of the Florida Historical Society Rembert
W. Patrick Memorial Book Prize.

William H. Marquardt is curator emeritus of south Florida archaeology and ethnography at the Florida Museum of Natural History.