The Spanish missions in the Carolinas were part of a series of

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outposts established by

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in order to spread the

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among the local Native Americans. Spanish missions extended north almost to the site of present-day Charleston, and they remained until the arrival of the English (1670).

Missions

Mission Santa Elena Santa Elena, a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina, was the capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587. It was established under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the first governor of Spanish Florida. There had been a number ...

(1566–1587), on Parris Island

References

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Missions

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