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  • June 3, 2013 at 2:32 pm #3544 Reply
    scout1067
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    Here is an interesting list of New World colonies that have failed.  I did not know that the Spanish had attempted to plant a colocy in the Chesapeake Bay that was wiped out by the local Indians.

    June 3, 2013 at 5:55 pm #28816 Reply
    skiguy
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    http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/spanish.html

    June 4, 2013 at 5:49 pm #28817 Reply
    scout1067
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    I just found it interesting that the Spanish went so far north.  I always thought they did not go north of Florida.

    June 4, 2013 at 8:48 pm #28818 Reply
    skiguy
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    They were perhaps the first European power to colonize the Americas, it's just that they weren't the most successful. The British were better because they were able to learn from their mistakes and adapt.

    June 5, 2013 at 3:12 pm #28819 Reply
    scout1067
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    I am definitely not a scholar of North American colonization patterns. ;D

    July 26, 2013 at 6:14 pm #28820 Reply
    Phidippides
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    I didn't know that, either, so it's kind of interesting to read about.  Makes me wonder how many visible signs of Spanish exploration are still extant in the East north of Florida (town names, rivers, etc.).

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