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Ajacán –
variants include Xacan, Jacan, Iacan,
Axaca and
Axacam – was a short-lived
Spanish settlement,
between 1570 and 1571, near
Chesapeake Bay, in...
- The
Ajacán Mission (Spanish pronunciation: [axaˈkan]) (also Axaca, Axacam, Iacan, Jacán, Xacan) was a
Spanish attempt in 1570 to
establish a
Jesuit mission...
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fabled Northwest P****age. They gave the land now
known as
Virginia the name
Ajacán.
After several failed attempts at
colonization of the
portion of the New...
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soldiers and
sailors to take
revenge for the
killing of the
Jesuits of the
Ajacán Mission in present-day Virginia. At the end of his life, he was appointed...
- of the Chesapeake. In 1570,
Spanish Jesuits established the short-lived
Ajacan Mission on one of the
Chesapeake tributaries in present-day Virginia.[citation...
- era of York County's history. In 1570,
Spanish Jesuit priests founded the
Ajacán Mission in this area. They were
guided by
interpreter Don Luis, a Native...
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Mendicant monasteries in
Mexico Spanish missions in
Trinidad United States Ajacán Mission Spanish missions in
Arizona Spanish missions in
California Spanish...
- next two centuries. 1570:
Failed Spanish settlement on
Chesapeake Bay (
Ajacán Mission). 1576:
Spanish found León de los Aldama. 1576:
Martin Frobisher...
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early as 1559–60, the
Spanish had
explored Virginia,
which they
called Ajacán, from the
Chesapeake Bay
while they
sought a
water p****age to the west....
- the
Hampton Roads region of Virginia,
where Jesuit priests established Ajacán Mission in
September 1570.
Shortly thereafter, Don Luis is
believed to have...
