BRITISH FLORIDA

• ENGLISH ACTIVITY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA -- From an online guide called "Discovering Jacksonville and the Surrounding Area: Historical Tours," by Patrick L. Cooney.

• "HISTORY OF ENGLISH FLORIDA" -- An article entitled by Jerry Wilkinson.  From KeysHistory.org.

• OVERVIEW OF FLORIDA'S BRITISH PERIOD -- "The Floridians: A Social History."  Includes info about Florida's British period.

• OVERVIEW OF FLORIDA'S BRITISH PERIOD -- An overview of Florida's history.  Includes info about Florida's British period.  Is from the Florida Heritage Collection.

• BERNARD ROMAN'S MAP -- A link to a website entitled "Inskeep's Florida History Page."  Gives detailed info & graphics in regard to the work of Bernard Romans.  BACKGROUND INFO: During the mid 1700s, Romans drew an important map of Florida.  His writing also shows us what life was like in Florida during the 1770s.

• BARTRAM, WILLIAM -- SEE PROMINENT NON-AFRICAN AMERICANS

• EARLY NATURALISTS -- Listen to an audio report entitled "Florida's Pioneering Naturalists."  Tells about explorers & naturalists who were among the first to write about Florida .  Provided by the Florida Humanities Council.  NOTE: When you get to the webpage, click on the heading "Last Month's Programs."  Keep clicking this heading until you get to the page that contains the audio report you want. 

• BRITISH FLORIDA -- Info about  Florida's British period can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 25 - 38 .  The entire book is online at the website for the Florida Heritage Collection.  STEP #1 -- When you get to the website, use a keyword search for the following words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This will retrieve the book.  STEP #2 -- Click on the link "Electronic resource (JPEG)."  This will retrieve the screen that allows you to choose a page number. STEP #3 -- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a page number.  This will open the book at that page.

• FLORIDA HERITAGE COLLECTION -- Info about the subjects on this webpage may be available at the the marvelous "Florida Heritage Collection." This website gives full-text, online copies of hundreds of Florida books.  NOTE: When you get to the website, you can search in different ways.  These searches include by "Florida Themes" or by "Florida History Timeline."  You can also search by "Florida County" and by "Keywords."  With keyword searching, just type in "Jacksonville," "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE:  Many of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. However, Jacksonville info can often be found in books about Florida in general. Many of theses books are at the Florida Heritage Collection website.

• MUSIC HISTORY -- A summary of Florida's musical history.  Emphasis is placed on the contributions of various cultural groups.  Included are the cultures of the Native Americans, the Spanish, the French Huguenots, the British, and the African Americans.  The summary is entitled ""Music and Change in Florida," by Wiley L. Housewright.  From the website "Myths and Dreams: Exploring the Cultural Legacies of Florida and the Caribbean."