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Ajacán Mission

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The Ajacán Mission (also Axaca, Axacam, Iacan, Jacán, Xacan) was a Spanish attempt in 1570 to establish a Jesuit mission in the vicinity of the Virginia Peninsula to bring Christianity to the Virginia Indians. [1]

52 relations: Aquia Creek, Ángel de Villafañe, Baptism, British colonization of the Americas, Catholic Church, Chesapeake Bay, Chickahominy River, Chiefdom, Christian mission, Christianity, Don Luis, Fort San Juan (Joara), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Georgia (U.S. state), Guale, Havana, History of Virginia, India, Jamestown, Virginia, Joara, Juan Pardo (explorer), Kiskiack, Luís de Velasco, Madrid, Moors, Mound Key Archaeological State Park, Native American tribes in Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, North Carolina, Northwest Passage, Occoquan River, Patawomeck, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro Menéndez Márquez, Philip II of Spain, Port Royal, South Carolina, Potomac River, Queen's Creek, Rappahannock River, Roanoke Island, Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida, Santa Elena (Spanish Florida), Society of Jesus, Spanish Armada, Spanish colonization of the Americas, St. Augustine, Florida, Stafford County, Virginia, Stratford Hall (plantation), Timeline of the European colonization of North America, Virginia, ..., Virginia Peninsula, York River (Virginia). Expand index (2 more) »

Aquia Creek

Aquia Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Ángel de Villafañe

Ángel de Villafañe (b. c. 1504) was a Spanish conquistador of Florida, Mexico, and Guatemala, and was an explorer, expedition leader, and ship captain (with Hernán Cortés), who worked with many 16th-century settlements and shipwrecks along the Gulf of Mexico.

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Baptism

Baptism (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into Christianity.

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British colonization of the Americas

The British colonization of the Americas (including colonization by both the English and the Scots) began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Chickahominy River

The Chickahominy is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Chiefdom

A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'.

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Christian mission

A Christian mission is an organized effort to spread Christianity.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Don Luis

Don Luís de Velasco (flourished 1561-1571), also known as Paquiquino, was a Native American, possibly of the Kiskiack or Paspahegh tribe, from Tidewater, Virginia.

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Fort San Juan (Joara)

Fort San Juan was a late 16th-century fort built by the Spanish under the command of conquistador Juan Pardo in the native village of Joara, in what is now Burke County, North Carolina.

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Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

Saint Francis Borgia, S.J., 4th Duke of Gandía (Valencian: Francesc de Borja, Francisco de Borja) (28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, a Grandee of Spain, a Spanish Jesuit, and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Guale

Guale was a historic Native American chiefdom of Mississippian culture peoples located along the coast of present-day Georgia and the Sea Islands.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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History of Virginia

The History of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 1500s, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jamestown, Virginia

The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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Joara

Joara was a large Native American settlement, a regional chiefdom of the Mississippian culture, located in what is now Burke County, North Carolina, about 300 miles in the interior in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Juan Pardo (explorer)

Juan Pardo was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was active in the later half of the sixteenth century.

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Kiskiack

Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) was a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is present-day York County, Virginia.

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Luís de Velasco

Luís de Velasco (1511 – July 31, 1564) was the second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Moors

The term "Moors" refers primarily to the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Malta during the Middle Ages.

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Mound Key Archaeological State Park

Mound Key Archaeological State Park is a Florida State Park, located in Estero Bay, near the mouth of the Estero River.

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Native American tribes in Virginia

The Native American tribes in Virginia are the indigenous tribes who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America.

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New Kent County, Virginia

New Kent County is a county located in the eastern part the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage (abbreviated as NWP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Occoquan River

The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, where it serves as part of the boundary between Fairfax and Prince William counties.

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Patawomeck

Patawomeck is a Native American tribe based in Stafford County, Virginia, along the Potomac River (Patawomeck is another spelling of Potomac).

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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.

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Pedro Menéndez Márquez

Pedro Menéndez Márquez (? – 1600) was a Spanish military officer, conquistador, and governor of Spanish Florida.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (Felipe II; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), called "the Prudent" (el Prudente), was King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples and Sicily (both from 1554), and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I from 1554–58).

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Port Royal, South Carolina

Port Royal is a town on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Queen's Creek

Queen's Creek is located in York County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States.

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Rappahannock River

The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.

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Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida (Dioecesis Venetiae in Florida) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Florida, founded on June 16, 1984 serving Southwest Florida.

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Santa Elena (Spanish Florida)

Santa Elena, a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina, was the capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587.

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Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.

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Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada (Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.

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Spanish colonization of the Americas

The overseas expansion under the Crown of Castile was initiated under the royal authority and first accomplished by the Spanish conquistadors.

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St. Augustine, Florida

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Stafford County, Virginia

Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Stratford Hall (plantation)

Stratford Hall is a historic house museum near Lerty in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

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Timeline of the European colonization of North America

This is a chronology and timeline of the colonization of North America, with founding dates of selected European settlements.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Peninsula

The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, USA, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.

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York River (Virginia)

The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajacán_Mission

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