Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega | |
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| Acting Governor of La Florida | |
| In office December 30, 1664 – July 6, 1671 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Ponce de Leon II |
| Succeeded by | Manuel de Cendoya |
| Personal details | |
| Profession | governor |
Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega was the governor of Spanish Florida (La Florida) between December 30, 1664 and July 6, 1671. He participated in the war against the British buccaneers who sacked and plundered the province's capital, St. Augustine (San Agustín) in 1668.[1] On May 29, 1668, St. Augustine was invaded by the English privateer Robert Searle[2] (alias John Davis) of Jamaica. Searle's fleet had already captured St. Augustine's own frigate near Havana, as well as the situado ship from Vera Cruz carrying flour to St. Augustine.[3] Searle's men marauded and looted the city, killing 60 of its residents.[4]
- ^ Bushnell, Amy Turner (1994). Situado y Sabana. Spain´s support system for the Presidio and Mission provinces of Florida: The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. Volume 68. University of Georgia Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8203-1712-0.
- ^ Jon Latimer (1 June 2009). Buccaneers Of The Caribbean. Harvard University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-674-03403-7.
- ^ Theodore Corbett (2012). St. Augustine Pirates and Privateers. The History Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-60949-721-7.
- ^ David Marley (2010). Pirates of the Americas. ABC-CLIO. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-59884-201-2.