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Armstrong: French Castaways at Old Cape Canaveral

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Armstrong: French Castaways at Old Cape Canaveral
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Armstrong, Douglas R. FRENCH CASTAWAYS AT OLD CAPE CANAVERAL. Signum Ops, Merritt Island. 2004. 4to. (2), 163, (1) pages. original pictorial card covers. Maps. Appendices. Bibliography. B&w photos and illustrations throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. Wrecked on a foreign shore, hunted like animals by the Spanish and hostile Indians alike, a small group of French Huguenots managed to exist for an undetermined period in the wilds of present-day Cape Canaveral. 'French Castaways at Old Cape Canaveral' is a candid and very plausible account of those long lost adventurers, who would otherwise remain unknown in Florida's documented history. This book is a brief recollection of the events leading up to the heinous Matanzas massacre, followed by the investigative report of what may have happened to the few Frenchmen who escaped the Spanish death trap. More than four hundred years later, the author, in cooperation with the N.P.S. and S.E.A.C. , revisits the 'Armstrong' site. A controlled excavation reveals evidence of a Surruque Indian settlement where these castaways lived with the native people. Fully indexed with bibliography, the book contains detailed photos of coins and artifacts recovered during the investigation along with scanned reproductions of the manifests for a number of the French vessels involved in the wreck disaster along the Florida coast in 1565. Lot weight: 1 lbs 2oz. Subject(s): Florida Archaeology.