Spanish history

The conventional wisdom was the famed explorer headed west after that famous 1539 Christmas Mass in what would become Florida's capital city. But new excavations indicate he headed much farther north than anyone thought.

A city reliant on heritage tourism struggles to protect its most valuable assets.

J. Michael Francis spent nearly a decade combing through thousands of scribbled notes, ship logs and dusty relics to chronicle Florida’s Spanish past. He…

The Florida Studies Program at USF St. Petersburg is adding one of the country's leading experts on the history of the Spanish colonial experience in…