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Pensacola

Pensacola is a port city on Pensacola Bay in north-western Florida. A short-lived Spanish colony was planted there in 1559, and a lasting Spanish settlement was founded in 1698. The city served as capital of British West Florida from 1763, was taken by Bernardo de Gálvez in 1781 and passed to the United States with the rest of Florida in 1821.

Pensacola
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Apalachee chiefdomSpanish FloridaProvince of West Florida

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pensacola. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pensacola
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