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Bishop Arias describes how the intrepid Spanish missionaries stretched along the coast and displayed an extraordinary dynamism, even reaching Virginia in 1570 and establishing a mission near present-day Williamsburg. However, eight of these heroes of the cross were massacred by native tribes. "Spanish Cross in Georgia" brings up the politics of the time and the rivalry between Spain and England in their quarrel for Georgia. The book finally gi...

Yes. There are Martyrs in the United States. Throughout the past 500 years we find committed persons who made the decision to live and plant the faith here. We find them in the jungles and the shorelines, in the mountains and the valleys, in the deserts and on the Great Plains, in the villages and the cities. They lived in the North and the South, in the East and the West. It was not gold, fame, or power that spurred on these heroes. They gave...

This work follows a chronological method that stretches from 1492 to 2010 and intends to show the history of an uninterrupted Hispanic presence in the United States. No topic is developed at length, but only the historical fact is highlighted followed by several reference sources which provide further information on the topic. This is an effort to convey historical information to the people of the United States to whom schools or other educati...