Description: Perron16_071 1892 Perron map PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, #71 Nice map titled Pensacola, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression. Overall size approx. 17.5 x 16.5 cm, image size approx. 10 x 8.5 cm. From: Les Etats Unis, volume no. 16 of La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 volumes (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron. Pensacola, city, seat (1821) of Escambia county, extreme northwestern Florida, U.S., on Pensacola Bay. A Spanish settlement was made on the bay coast in 1559 but was abandoned in 1661. The Spaniards formally took possession in 1698 and built Fort San Carlos, but this was ravaged during the French-Spanish colonial fighting of 1719-20. After the British gained control following the Seven Years' War, Pensacola (a name derived from Pansfalaya, a local Indian tribe) became the capital of West Florida. During the American Revolution it became a haven for Tories but in 1781 was taken by a Spanish force from New Orleans. In 1818 General Andrew Jackson captured the city, accusing the Spanish of encouraging Indian raids against the United States. After Florida was ceded to the United States in 1821, Pensacola acquired a federal navy yard. The city was seized by Confederates at the outbreak of the American Civil War, but Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island offshore remained in Federal hands; in 1862 the Confederates evacuated the city.
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Publication Year: 1892
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Year: 1892
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