AD 1512: Spanish conquistador kidnaps Calusas in Florida
- Theme
- Native Rights
- Region
- Southeast
Spanish and European explorers torture, kidnap, and enslave Native peoples throughout the Americas. Line engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590.
Courtesy Granger Collection, New York
Juan Ponce de Léon, Spanish explorer, from a 17th-century Spanish engraving
Courtesy Granger Collection, New York