HeyJaredThe Florida History Podcast
A weekly look at a different fascintating topic in Florida History Cover art photo by Derek Reese. @DR928
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366: Castillo de San Marcos built to protect St Augustine (opens the original)
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Pirate raids and English intrigue leads to the Spanish authorities building a fort to protect the colony.
365: Pirate Robert Searle Raids St Augustine (opens the original)
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English privateer/pirate Robert Searle raided St Augustine in 1668 killing 60 and taking 75 as prisoners. With the English closing in on Florida, this pirate raid was the last straw for the Spanish authorities who looked to protect the colony more robustly afterward.
364: Nuestra Señora de Atocha (opens the original)
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A Spanish Treasure ship of 1622 destroyed in a Hurricane.
363: The Straits of Florida - a dangerous highway (opens the original)
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The Straits of Florida provide the ultimate chokepoint causing shipwrecks and encouraging piracy.
362: Sir Frances Drake raids and destroys St Augustine (opens the original)
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The most fearsome pirate for intents and purposes of his age was Sir Frances Drake. His 1586 raid on St Augustine destroyed the town and was a big moment in the Anglo-Spanish War which was based around religion.
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