San Juan del Puerto, Florida
Franciscan mission site, late 16th–early 18th century Florida
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San Juan del Puerto, Florida
30.4100° N, -81.4300° E
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San Juan del Puerto was a Spanish Franciscan mission founded before 1587 on Fort George Island, near the mouth of the St. Johns River in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded to serve the Saturiwa, a Timucua tribe who lived around the mouth of the St. Johns. It was organized by separating them into nine smaller villages. It has an important place in the study of the Timucua, as the place where Francisco Pareja undertook his work on the Timucua language.
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Mission founded
before 1587
Pareja's catechism printed
1612
Guale refugees resettled
after 1650
Mission abandoned
around 1702
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