05/30/2026
We have so much rich history right here in this area! Look at this story of Sir Frances Drake.
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🗺️ Sir Frances Drake Burns St. Augustine on May 29, 1586
British Privateer Sir Francis Drake and 1,000+ men left St. Augustine after burning the settlement to the ground on this date. The raid was part of a much larger Anglo-Spanish War between England and Spain which spilled over into the new world. Although the city was destroyed and much of their supplies had been plundered by Drake’s forces, the people of St. Augustine were able to slowly rebuild with the help of the Spanish government, and eventually began construction on a permanent stone fort after subsequent attacks from others, now known as the Castillo de San Marcos.
The map from the raid is a hand-colored engraving by Baptista Boazio, dated 1589. It’s the oldest map of this area in the Florida state archives.
🗺️ View a copy of this map and other historic Florida maps in the Map Gallery at the Oldest House Museum Complex in St. Augustine, Florida
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