| BURIAL OF DE SOTO. |
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OLD SPANISH GATEWAY
AT ST. AUGUSTINE. (Called the "City Gate.") |
[30. The Spaniards build St. Augustine;[6] we buy Florida in 1819.]—More than twenty years after the burial of De Soto, a Spanish soldier named Menendez[7] went to Florida and built a fort on the eastern coast. This was in 1565. The fort became the centre of a settlement named St. Augustine. It is the oldest city built by white men, not only in what is now the United States, but in all North America.
In 1819, or more than two hundred and fifty years after St. Augustine was begun, Spain sold Florida to the United States.
6 St. Augustine (Sant Aw'gus-teen').
7 Menendez (Ma-nen'deth).
[31. Summary.]—Ponce de Leon discovered Florida; another Spaniard, named Balboa, discovered the Pacific; still another, named De Soto, discovered the Mississippi. In 1565 the Spaniards began to build St. Augustine in Florida. It is the oldest city built by white men in the United States or in all North America.
What is said about a magic fountain? What did Ponce De Leon do? What is said about Balboa? What about De Soto? What did Menendez do in Florida? What is said of St. Augustine?
[SIR WALTER RALEIGH[1]
(1552-1618).