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[[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 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 1530was the son of Marshal Don Carlos de Luna, governor of Yucatan.<ref>John W. Cole. ''Pictorial History of Pensacola''. In 1545 he married Isabel de RojasFiesta of Five Flags Association, 1952.</ref>
On 11 June 1559He came to New Spain in about 1530. In 1545 he married Isabel de Rojas.During his years in Mexico, de Luna set out from Mexico served with 500 soldiers, 1,000 colonists and servants, and 240 horses. Around 15 August Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on his expedition to the Seven Cities of the same year, he sailed into [[Pensacola Bay]], Cíbola and established crushed an ephemeral colony on the shore soon thereafter that became the first European settlement within the continental boundaries of the United StatesIndian rebellion in Oaxaca.
During his years in Mexico, de ==Pensacola expedition & colony=={{main|Luna served with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on his expedition to the Seven Cities of Cíbola and crushed an Indian rebellion in Oaxaca. He }}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. 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.  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.
*[[De Luna Circle]]
==References==<references/> ==External links& references=={{refbegin}}
*[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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