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The Virginia was called "Land of Don Luis" by 16th century [[Spanish]]. The [[Chesapeake Bay]] was in the province of Axacan ([[Virginia]]). The bay was called "Bahia de Santa Maria" and the land had been called "Land of The Saints" earlier. The Spanish considered this land to be in their domain. [[Menendez de Aviles]] apparently thought the [[Portuguese]] were in the vicinity of the mountains eighty leagues (~240 miles) to the north of the Chesapeake Bay and not a great distance from the channel connecting the bay from the "South Sea", [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>March, 28 1568 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS.,33,983,fol.324</ref> Brother Carrera and his [[St Augustine, Florida]] [[Jesuit]] half dozen ~~priests~~ were instructed to build a mission which would be a short distance from where [[Jamestown, Virginia]] would later be built by the [[English]]. It was due to what the Spanish viewed as tresspassing that had brought about the order for the [[Monks]] to support the [[Virginia]] mining efforts. The explorers had discovered the curiosity of interior oil springs, copper outcrops, iron ore and coal for forging. All of which were located towards the [[Allegheny Mountains]] also in the province of Axacan.

The Virginia was called "Land of Don Luis" by 16th century [[Spanish]]. The [[Chesapeake Bay]] was in the province of Axacan ([[Virginia]]). The bay was called "Bahia de Santa Maria" and the land had been called "Land of The Saints" earlier. The Spanish considered this land to be in their domain. [[Menendez de Aviles]] apparently thought the [[Portuguese]] were in the vicinity of the mountains eighty leagues (~240 miles) to the north of the Chesapeake Bay and not a great distance from the channel connecting the bay from the "South Sea", [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>March, 28 1568 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS.,33,983,fol.324</ref> Brother Carrera and his [[St Augustine, Florida]] [[Jesuit]], about a half dozen souls, were instructed to build a mission which would be a short distance from where [[Jamestown, Virginia]] would later be built by the [[English]]. It was due to what the Spanish viewed as tresspassing that had brought about the order for the [[Monks]] to support the [[Virginia]] mining efforts. The explorers had discovered the curiosity of interior oil springs, copper outcrops, iron ore and coal for forging. All of which were located towards the [[Allegheny Mountains]] also in the province of Axacan.

Ajacan mission included Father Segura, seven companions, Father Luis de Quiros, Brothers Gabriel Gomez, Sancho Cevallos, Juan Bautista Mendez, Pedro de Limares, Gabriel de Solis (related to Aviles), and Cristobal Relondo,a boy named Alonso, and Indian Don Luis of these whom departed Santa Elena for the Chesapeake Bay on August 5th, 1570.<ref>Buckingham Smith, "Florida MSS., 1526, 1743, p.255, MS. New York Historical Society.</ref> They had arrive at Ajacan landing on September 10th, 1570. They found the local people had removed themmselves from the villages due to extended drought of six years. It was reported that only a few old men remained so "that they might die where their fathers had died." In a brief letter before the ship left the missionaries, Father Quiros wrote of the Allegheny Mountains as told him by the native, of "the entrance through the mountains and China...Three or four days journey from yonder, were the mountains, and two of these days' journey were by a river, and one or two days' travel beyond the mountians another sea is observed." Aviles of Spain maintain a theory that the passage to the Pacific was by way of the Chesapeake Bay.

Revision as of 00:23, 19 July 2008 view source wikipedia>Conaughy finished incomplete phrase to "of these whom departed Santa Elena " ← Older edit		Revision as of 00:25, 19 July 2008 view source wikipedia>Conaughy reworded clumbsy phrase to ", about a half dozen souls," Newer edit →
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	The Virginia was called "Land of Don Luis" by 16th century [[Spanish]]. The [[Chesapeake Bay]] was in the province of Axacan ([[Virginia]]). The bay was called "Bahia de Santa Maria" and the land had been called "Land of The Saints" earlier. The Spanish considered this land to be in their domain. [[Menendez de Aviles]] apparently thought the [[Portuguese]] were in the vicinity of the mountains eighty leagues (~240 miles) to the north of the Chesapeake Bay and not a great distance from the channel connecting the bay from the "South Sea", [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>March, 28 1568 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS.,33,983,fol.324</ref> Brother Carrera and his [[St Augustine, Florida]] [[Jesuit]] half dozen ~~priests~~ were instructed to build a mission which would be a short distance from where [[Jamestown, Virginia]] would later be built by the [[English]]. It was due to what the Spanish viewed as tresspassing that had brought about the order for the [[Monks]] to support the [[Virginia]] mining efforts. The explorers had discovered the curiosity of interior oil springs, copper outcrops, iron ore and coal for forging. All of which were located towards the [[Allegheny Mountains]] also in the province of Axacan.		The Virginia was called "Land of Don Luis" by 16th century [[Spanish]]. The [[Chesapeake Bay]] was in the province of Axacan ([[Virginia]]). The bay was called "Bahia de Santa Maria" and the land had been called "Land of The Saints" earlier. The Spanish considered this land to be in their domain. [[Menendez de Aviles]] apparently thought the [[Portuguese]] were in the vicinity of the mountains eighty leagues (~240 miles) to the north of the Chesapeake Bay and not a great distance from the channel connecting the bay from the "South Sea", [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>March, 28 1568 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS.,33,983,fol.324</ref> Brother Carrera and his [[St Augustine, Florida]] [[Jesuit]], about a half dozen souls, were instructed to build a mission which would be a short distance from where [[Jamestown, Virginia]] would later be built by the [[English]]. It was due to what the Spanish viewed as tresspassing that had brought about the order for the [[Monks]] to support the [[Virginia]] mining efforts. The explorers had discovered the curiosity of interior oil springs, copper outcrops, iron ore and coal for forging. All of which were located towards the [[Allegheny Mountains]] also in the province of Axacan.

	Ajacan mission included Father Segura, seven companions, Father Luis de Quiros, Brothers Gabriel Gomez, Sancho Cevallos, Juan Bautista Mendez, Pedro de Limares, Gabriel de Solis (related to Aviles), and Cristobal Relondo,a boy named Alonso, and Indian Don Luis of these whom departed Santa Elena for the Chesapeake Bay on August 5th, 1570.<ref>Buckingham Smith, "Florida MSS., 1526, 1743, p.255, MS. New York Historical Society.</ref> They had arrive at Ajacan landing on September 10th, 1570. They found the local people had removed themmselves from the villages due to extended drought of six years. It was reported that only a few old men remained so "that they might die where their fathers had died." In a brief letter before the ship left the missionaries, Father Quiros wrote of the Allegheny Mountains as told him by the native, of "the entrance through the mountains and China...Three or four days journey from yonder, were the mountains, and two of these days' journey were by a river, and one or two days' travel beyond the mountians another sea is observed." Aviles of Spain maintain a theory that the passage to the Pacific was by way of the Chesapeake Bay.		Ajacan mission included Father Segura, seven companions, Father Luis de Quiros, Brothers Gabriel Gomez, Sancho Cevallos, Juan Bautista Mendez, Pedro de Limares, Gabriel de Solis (related to Aviles), and Cristobal Relondo,a boy named Alonso, and Indian Don Luis of these whom departed Santa Elena for the Chesapeake Bay on August 5th, 1570.<ref>Buckingham Smith, "Florida MSS., 1526, 1743, p.255, MS. New York Historical Society.</ref> They had arrive at Ajacan landing on September 10th, 1570. They found the local people had removed themmselves from the villages due to extended drought of six years. It was reported that only a few old men remained so "that they might die where their fathers had died." In a brief letter before the ship left the missionaries, Father Quiros wrote of the Allegheny Mountains as told him by the native, of "the entrance through the mountains and China...Three or four days journey from yonder, were the mountains, and two of these days' journey were by a river, and one or two days' travel beyond the mountians another sea is observed." Aviles of Spain maintain a theory that the passage to the Pacific was by way of the Chesapeake Bay.

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