Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort Charlotte in 1821 . or purposesof colonization, and thus in that year Guido de las Bazaressailed on this mission. Pineda had explored from the east,and now Bazares explored the Gulf coast from the west towardspeninsular Florida. Bazares accordingly, on September 3, 1558, left San Juande Lua (Vera Cruz) with sixty seamen and soldiers in a largebark, a galley, and a shallop. In 29|° north latitude,
Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort Charlotte in 1821 . or purposesof colonization, and thus in that year Guido de las Bazaressailed on this mission. Pineda had explored from the east,and now Bazares explored the Gulf coast from the west towardspeninsular Florida. Bazares accordingly, on September 3, 1558, left San Juande Lua (Vera Cruz) with sixty seamen and soldiers in a largebark, a galley, and a shallop. In 29|° north latitude, he dis-covered an island, perhaps four leagues from the passed within it and the mainland and other islands, and,as he explored all the coast, he observed that it was borderedby marshy ground and not in favorable position to begin acolony; nevertheless, he took possession, and gave it the nameof Bas Fonde. Now offhand, without prepossessions, this reminds one ofPascagoula Bay, with its low coast and several protectingislands. Ten leagues further east, he passed an island and discovereda bay which he named Filipina, — for King Philip II., nodoubt, it being the largest and most commodious bay on the. 1 A CENTURY OF OBSCURITY. 31 coast. The bottom was mud, and the bay four or five fathomsdeep, the channel three or four. There he found fish andoysters. On the shore were pine forests, oak, cypress, ash,pahnetto, laurel, cedar, etc., and there appeared to be themouth of a great river. In an eastwardly direction were highred hills. Game abounded, and he found a large number ofcanoes and huts, also maize, beans, and pumpkins. Bazaresafterwards renamed this bay Velasco. He was compelled tostop his explorations here, and hence returned to Mexico.^ It is not certain whether Filipina Bay is that of Mobile orPensacola. The depth within Mobile Bay and other character-istics suit Mobile at least as well, however, and the only diffi-culty is the entrance channel, given as three
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