The Spanish borderlands; a chronicle of old Florida and the Southwest . from Charles V the desired patent to Chi-cora, the land of the Giant King. As in the case ofBimini, the project was a gamble, and, like Ponce,Ayllon put up the money. Chicora was not the soleobjective. Ayllon was to continue his explorationsnorth for eight hundred leagues, or until he foundthe strait leading westward to Asia, which, if found,must be explored. Of the lands discovered he wasto be adelantado, or governor. He was to have forhimself in full ownership an estate fifteen leaguessquare — a round million acres. He w
The Spanish borderlands; a chronicle of old Florida and the Southwest . from Charles V the desired patent to Chi-cora, the land of the Giant King. As in the case ofBimini, the project was a gamble, and, like Ponce,Ayllon put up the money. Chicora was not the soleobjective. Ayllon was to continue his explorationsnorth for eight hundred leagues, or until he foundthe strait leading westward to Asia, which, if found,must be explored. Of the lands discovered he wasto be adelantado, or governor. He was to have forhimself in full ownership an estate fifteen leaguessquare — a round million acres. He was to takewith him, at the royal expense, friars to convertthe Indians, and, in view of the sad results in theislands, Indians were not to be parceled out orforced to work. Experience was having its effecton the royal policy. Three years passed before Ayllon was ready totake possession of his domain, but in the intervalfurther explorations along the coast were madeby his pilot Quexos, who brought back glowing De Orbe Novo (ed. by F. A. MacNutt), vol. n, pp. .4 \ I// ^ V :^ EXPLOR\TION AND SE OF NORTHERN NEW SPMN | J^ *7 1518-1776 °1 svWv czi Scale 1:15,700,000I ? at an «? mn«c COROMADO IS4Q f . *^<y 16 THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS reports of gold, silver, and pearls. And at thesame time Esteban Gomez, a pilot who had beenwith Magellan — and had deserted him — cameout from Spain, looking for the northern strait, andsailed the American coast between Nova Scotia andFlorida. Thus, by the year 1525, Spanish naviga-tors had explored the entire shore line from CapeBreton to Cape Horn. At length, in July, 1526, Ayllon sailed fromEspanola with six vessels carrying five hundredmen and women from the islands, some blackslaves, eighty-nine horses, and other equipmentfor the colony. It was a force larger than thatwith which Cortes had invaded Mexico. Therewere also three Dominican friars; for, wrote theKing, *Our principal intent in the discovery ofnew lands is th
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