figuerres Posted January 5, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 5, 2015 I hope the title was about right. I am interested in other that the first set (Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria) what the early ship types and some of the historic ships were in and around Tampa Florida I have just started to look into this and read a tiny bit about an expedition that went almost 100% wrong some guy took a number of ships to florida and then to texas but it was like out of 600 men only 4 made it back to spain. I am picturing that many of the first ships would have been minor changes from what a model of the Columbus 3 were but what else ? what references and records should I be looking for ? I am kind of thinking of making a few models for the local museums if I get a good story and the right ships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted January 5, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 5, 2015 Hi figuerres, Have a look here www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml Many names of early explorers,French,Spanish et al over a period of 200 years or so. May be of some use to you in your quest as some were in your locale. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted January 5, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 5, 2015 Figuerres, I think you're thinking of the La Salle expedition. There's some good info here: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/alum.htm Search on La Belle for info on the ship they have found. Around Tampa would have been heavily French and Spanish as the English were focused on the north part of the continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted January 5, 2015 actually the Narvaez expedition of 1528 to 1536 is the one that really tanked. and then there was Hernando DeSoto thanks for the links. will check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uss frolick Posted January 6, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 6, 2015 Let's not forget the infamous scurvy-dog pirate Jose' Gaspar, whose bone-chilling exploits around Tampa Bay are celebrated by the yearly Gasparilla Celebration and booze-fest we see today! Arrrghhh, Matey! Actually, Gaspar was pure fiction invented a century ago by a real estate developer who hoped to make backwater Tampa more exciting ... didn't work. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuerres Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted January 6, 2015 Yeah gasparilla is fun and all but not 'historic' I need to get a copy of my picture in my pirate garb... mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uss frolick Posted January 6, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 6, 2015 The guy you have to talk to is fellow 'Tampon' Roman Barzana. He used to head up a Tampa shipwright club in the 1990s, and he is the universal expert on all ships Spanish and Spanish Colonial. I haven't spoken to Roman in years, But I did see that he posted here occasionally in the CAD section last year. Go USF, The University of Sun and Fun! The Harvard on the Hillsborough ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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