Talk:Álvaro Mexía

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--Ourhistory153 (talk) 17:43, 1 October 2011 (UTC) --Ourhistory153 (talk) 15:11, 28 September 2011 (UTC) Testing links to outside sources[reply]

Correct Style *General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ourhistory153 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The code for external links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] will produce Wikipedia - note that, unlike internal links, whitespace separates the URL and the description. As an aside, usually new edits on talk pages are placed at the bottom of the page; that makes it easier to follow conversations. Huon (talk) 16:00, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

--Ourhistory153 (talk) 19:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[2] Google Books - Images of America:Cape Canaveral Page 15 shows picture of the map Mexia made of the Indian River area "http://books.google.com/books?id=gP8sHFpNXugC&lpg=PA130&dq=Images%20of%20America%3A%20Cape%20Canaveral&pg=PA15&output=embed" Images of America:Cape Canaveral Page 15[reply]

Please have a look at what I did in the article. Is that what you had in mind? Huon (talk) 22:02, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

--Ourhistory153 (talk) 23:15, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Yes, very nice. I looked at your code. Seems neat and clean. Thanks a million.[reply]

BTW what do you think my next priorities should be? I could link Alvaro Mexia to the Ais Indian page. But what about those suggestions at the top? Do I remove those or wait for someone else to remove them or find more sources that they are asking for and then replace them.

I have removed the notability notice; by now we have two reliable sources covering him. The citation notice might be removed if we make sufficiently clear where the article's current content comes from. For example, is the list of native place names included in Rouse's book? If not, what is the source? Even if the notice is removed, finding additional sources would not hurt, though.

Linking to Mexia from the Ais article surely is worthwhile. Much more difficult, but also much more helpful, would be adding some basic biographical information - Mexia's dates of birth and death, for example. More information on Mexia's mission would also be helpful - possibly his route or the time it took him. I don't have access to Rouse's book, but the snippets visible on Google Books seem to contain some details of the latter type. For example, I had assumed Mexia captained a ship before I read that he was just accompanied by two native interpreters.

New sources would likely be required for the biographical information, and if Mexia was just a random soldier who was assigned a special duty (as Rouse seems to suggest), some of that information may not be known.

Two other remarks: Firstly, I probably linked to the wrong Newfound Harbor (the one I linked to is in the Florida Keys, but Mexia seems unlikely to have traveled that far). Do you know whether that's the right one or not? Secondly, SineBot claimed your last message was unsigned. That's probably because SineBot expects the signature at the end of the talk page message, not at the beginning. Following that format will save you from being pestered by the bot. ;-) Yours, Huon (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's right, it is not the same Newfound Harbor. BTW How should I put a page number with the reference? I am populating information in the links pages too. See Ibarra. I want to find a wiki-friend in Seville to see if we can get some images and interpretations of the original. Writers in history have a tendency to leave things out they don't like.--Ourhistory153 (talk) 00:31, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have a motivation to move back to the sources and that would be Spain. My passion is of a history detective. There is another mystery with Alvaro which I will release later. --Ourhistory153 (talk) 00:33, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Would you do me a favor and check out my reference section? I just added Nocoroco to it. But does it need a number? I'm not sure of the correct format. --Ourhistory153 (talk) 15:07, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Test Page[edit]

Test with non-online journal^[1] Test 1 --Ourhistory153 (talk) 01:21, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Test with online journal^[2] Test 2 --Ourhistory153 (talk) 01:21, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Test with non-online journal^[1] Test 1 --Ourhistory153 (talk) 01:23, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Test with online journal^[2] Test 2 )--Ourhistory153 (talk) 01:23, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IR Survey ^[3] Mexia --Ourhistory153 (talk) 01:25, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

^[3] A West Indian (Arawak) word for a native hut. It came to be applied to anything from the family dwelling to the large communal lodge which according to Bishop Calderon, would accommodatge 2000 to 3000 people.

After leaving Nocoroco Mexia writes about passing by a Buhio^[3]

After leaving Nocoroco Mexia writes about passing by a Buhio.^[3] A West Indian (Arawak) word for a native hut. It came to be applied to anything from the family dwelling to the large communal lodge which according to Bishop Calderon, would accommodatge 2000 to 3000

people.

Charles Higgs FHQ vol 21 pg pg 34 Utilizing Mexia’s Derrotero-both narrative 16 and chart, 17 as doubtless the most accurate, it is found that Ais lay 22.5 leagues south of Sorruque (or about 85 miles).

Distance in leagues^[4] Mexia

Charles Higgs 1942 Spanish Contacts with the Ais (Indian River Country) FHQ vol 21, no I, pp 25-39 http://palmm.fcla.edu/fhp/

Maynard Geiger 1937 The Franciscan Conquest of Florida 1573-1618, (Th Catholic Universty of America, Studies in Hispanic American History vol 1, Washington. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ourhistory153 (talk • contribs) 02:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Boyd, Marie E. M. "The Legend of Tomokie". flyer. Tomoka State Park. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b [1], Florida Historical Society. The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4 (April 1949), p344-345
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rouse, Irving. Survey of Indian River Archaeology. Yale University Publications in Anthropology 45. ISBN 9780404156688. Cite error: The named reference "RiverArchaeology" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Higgs, Charles. Spanish Contacts with the Ais (Indian River Country). FHQ vol 21, no I, pp 25-39. ISBN 9780404156688.

Viva Florida 500 WP will assist in this article's development[edit]

We listed this page in our Todo section at the landing page for the Friends of Wikipedia:Viva_Florida_500_WP Our aim is to assist in getting cites, references and embellish the article with new factual information by using our state's 500th anniversary to meet and greet new wikipedia editors.--Ourhistory153 (talk) 17:13, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Watch for 2014 updates soon.[edit]

In the process of updating this article and like to get fresh feedback.

I've invited fellow writers to this topic. Watch for some activity soon to the content.

RKO--Ourhistory153 (talk) 20:35, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[Tomokie-1] Boyd, Marie E. M. "The Legend of Tomokie". flyer. Tomoka State Park. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[FHS-2] [1], Florida Historical Society. The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4 (April 1949), p344-345

[RiverArchaeology-3] Rouse, Irving. Survey of Indian River Archaeology. Yale University Publications in Anthropology 45. ISBN 9780404156688. Cite error: The named reference "RiverArchaeology" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[SpanishContacts-4] Higgs, Charles. Spanish Contacts with the Ais (Indian River Country). FHQ vol 21, no I, pp 25-39. ISBN 9780404156688.

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