Editing Tristán de Luna y Arellano

[[Image:Delunalanding.jpg|thumb|300px|right|De Luna lands at Pensacola, 1559.]]'''Tristán de Luna y Arellano''' ([[1519]]–[[1571]]) was a Spanish conquistador of the 16th century, credited with establishing the first European settlement in the Pensacola area in [[1559]].

Born in Borobia, Aragon, de Luna came to New Spain in about 1530.  In 1545 he married Isabel de Rojas.

On 11 June 1559, de Luna set out from Mexico with 500 soldiers, 1,000 colonists and servants, and 240 horses.  Around 15 August of the same year, he sailed into [[Pensacola Bay]], and established an ephemeral colony on the shore soon thereafter that became the first European settlement within the continental boundaries of the United States.

During his years in Mexico, de Luna served with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on his expedition to the Seven Cities of Cíbola and crushed an Indian rebellion in Oaxaca. He was chosen by [[Luis de Velasco]], viceroy of New Spain, to establish a settlement on the Gulf Coast of what is now the United States and clear an overland trade route to Santa Elena (on Tybee Island, Georgia), where another outpost would be founded. To this end he was given thirteen ships and more than 1,500 soldiers and settlers. De Luna, however, proved an incompetent leader, and the expedition was plagued by disaster. 

The party anchored in [[Pensacola Bay]], which they called "Ochuse", and set up the encampment of Puerto de Santa Maria during the summer of 1559 at the site of the modern [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. With much of the colony's stores still on the ships, de Luna sent several exploring parties inland to scout the area; they returned after three weeks having found only one Indian town. Before they could unload the vessels, a [[hurricane]] swept through and destroyed most of the ships and cargo. With the colony in serious danger, most of the men traveled up the [[Alabama River]] to the village of Nanipacana (Nanipacna or Ninicapua), which they found abandoned; they renamed the town Santa Cruz and moved in for several months. Back in Mexico, the Viceroy sent two relief ships in November, promising additional aid in the spring. 

The relief got the colony through the winter, but the supplies expected in the spring had not arrived by September. De Luna ordered the remainder of his force to march to the large native town of Coca, but the men mutinied. Bloodshed was averted by the settlement's missionaries, but soon after [[Ángel de Villafañe]] arrived in Pensacola Bay and offered to take all who wished to leave on an expedition to Cuba and Santa Elena.  De Luna relented and agreed to leave, eventually returning to Mexico.  The Pensacola settlement disbanded completely within several months of his departure.  De Luna was appointed governor of Yucatan in [[1563]] and remained in that capacity until his death in [[1571]].<ref>From FamousAmericans.net.  UTexas site contradicts this.  Further research required.</ref>

==Places named for de Luna==
*[[De Luna (Fiesta)]]
*[[Plaza de Luna]]
*[[De Luna Lanes]]
*[[De Luna Drive]]
*[[De Luna Circle]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.de-luna.com/ Pensacola Archeology Lab Article on the Luna expedition]
*[http://famousamericans.net/tristandelunaiarellano/ FamousAmericans.net]
*[http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/fluff.html University of Texas]

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-[[Image:Delunalanding.jpg|thumb|300px|right|De Luna lands at Pensacola, 1559.]]
+[[Image:Delunalanding.jpg|thumb|300px|right|De Luna lands at Pensacola, 1559.]]'''Tristán de Luna y Arellano''' ([[1519]]–[[1571]]) was a Spanish conquistador of the 16th century, credited with establishing the first European settlement in the Pensacola area in [[1559]].
-Don '''Tristán de Luna y Arellano''' ([[1519]]–[[1571]]) was a Spanish conquistador of the 16th century who led an [[Luna expedition|ill-fated expedition]] to the Pensacola area in [[1559]], credited as [[America's first settlement]].
-==Early life & career==
+Born in Borobia, Aragon, de Luna came to New Spain in about 1530.  In 1545 he married Isabel de Rojas.
-Born in Borobia, Aragon, de Luna was the son of Marshal Don Carlos de Luna, governor of Yucatan.<ref>John W. Cole. ''Pictorial History of Pensacola''. Fiesta of Five Flags Association, 1952.</ref>
-He came to New Spain in about 1530.  In 1545 he married Isabel de Rojas.During his years in Mexico, de Luna served with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on his expedition to the Seven Cities of Cíbola and crushed an Indian rebellion in Oaxaca.
+On 11 June 1559, de Luna set out from Mexico with 500 soldiers, 1,000 colonists and servants, and 240 horses.  Around 15 August of the same year, he sailed into [[Pensacola Bay]], and established an ephemeral colony on the shore soon thereafter that became the first European settlement within the continental boundaries of the United States.
-==Pensacola expedition & colony==
+During his years in Mexico, de Luna served with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on his expedition to the Seven Cities of Cíbola and crushed an Indian rebellion in Oaxaca. He was chosen by [[Luis de Velasco]], viceroy of New Spain, to establish a settlement on the Gulf Coast of what is now the United States and clear an overland trade route to Santa Elena (on Tybee Island, Georgia), where another outpost would be founded. To this end he was given thirteen ships and more than 1,500 soldiers and settlers. De Luna, however, proved an incompetent leader, and the expedition was plagued by disaster.
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-De Luna was chosen by [[Luis de Velasco]], viceroy of New Spain, to establish a settlement on the Gulf Coast of what is now the United States and clear an overland trade route to Santa Elena (on Tybee Island, Georgia), where another outpost would be founded. De Luna, however, proved an incompetent leader, and the expedition was plagued by disaster.
-On [[June 11]], [[1559]], de Luna set out from Mexico with 500 soldiers, 1,000 colonists and servants, and 240 horses.  Around [[August 15]] of the same year, he sailed into [[Pensacola Bay]], and established an ephemeral colony on the shore soon thereafter that became the first European settlement within the continental boundaries of the United States.
 The party anchored in [[Pensacola Bay]], which they called "Ochuse", and set up the encampment of Puerto de Santa Maria during the summer of 1559 at the site of the modern [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. With much of the colony's stores still on the ships, de Luna sent several exploring parties inland to scout the area; they returned after three weeks having found only one Indian town. Before they could unload the vessels, a [[hurricane]] swept through and destroyed most of the ships and cargo. With the colony in serious danger, most of the men traveled up the [[Alabama River]] to the village of Nanipacana (Nanipacna or Ninicapua), which they found abandoned; they renamed the town Santa Cruz and moved in for several months. Back in Mexico, the Viceroy sent two relief ships in November, promising additional aid in the spring.
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-File:Deluna-sketch.jpg|Artist's sketch from [[1959]] [[Quadricentennial Celebration]]
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-==External links & references==
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 *[http://www.de-luna.com/ Pensacola Archeology Lab Article on the Luna expedition]
 *[http://famousamericans.net/tristandelunaiarellano/ FamousAmericans.net]
 *[http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/fluff.html University of Texas]
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