1559
Hurricane In
August of
1559,
Spanish
explorer
Tristan de
Luna arrived
in
Pensacola
Bay,
on a mission
to establish
settlements
in
Pensacola
and on the
Georgia/Carolina
coast. But,
about a
month after
arriving, on
September
19th, a
hurricane
destroyed
the ships
and the food
supplies
they were
carrying.
The storm
dealt a
devastating
blow to the
Luna
expedition
and
Pensacola’s
history.
Sandra
Averhart
discussed
the details
of the
hurricane
with UWF
historical
archaeologist
Dr.
John Worth.
