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Florida Map: Europe's Colonial Blueprint
After 15 years of research our contributor cannot make sense of the towns and missions on this Florida Map. The place names are a mixture of French, English and Spanish. Tukufu Zuberi sets out to determine who drew this map and when, and to learn what this map can tell us about how Europe colonized Florida.
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