French Castaways at Old Cape Canaveral (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467977159)

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.

Author: Douglas R. Armstrong
ISBN-10: 1467977152
ISBN-13: 9781467977159
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2004
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.36d