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Fort Matanzas guards the southern waterway approach to St. Augustine.

Fort Matanzas Handbook

The National Parks Service's official guide to Fort Matanzas National Monument.

A drawing of a Spanish party of Conquistadors which appears in the Codex Azcatitlan. Hernando Cortez and his teenage indigenous interpreter La Malinche lead the way. La Malinch is depicted with hair braids shaped like little horns. Juan Garrido is fourth from the front, surrounded by Spaniards wearing knights armor. One of these armored men holds a banner with an eagle on it. In the back of the procession, Aztec figures walk with bent backs as they carry loads of cargo (shaped like circles...).

Juan Garrido

An African Conquistador who passed through La Florida.

A black and white photograph of a street in St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1915. In the foreground is a coquina wall that runs parallel to the street, which is sand. In the middle of the image is a row of historic houses. Power lines can also be seen. On the top border of the image, the words MOTOR AGE is superimposed over the sky in a serif font.

St. Augustine — Patriarch of American Cities

1915 Motor Age Magazine article about St. Augustine's history.

St. Augustine Under Three Flags front cover

St. Augustine Under Three Flags: A Pictorial History of Fort Marion

A 1925 article about the history of the Castillo de San Marcos