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We discuss the intricate production of the award-winning Carter Country documentary over the last three years.

We discuss the filming of award-winning documentary Carter Country in Plains Georgia as well as the involvement of locals and support of the Carter family in the process.

The sport of cricket is back in a big way in the United States thanks to Broward County. Kartik Krishnaiyer recently published a book on Cricket in the US and in this pod we focus on Broward County's critical role in this. You can purchase the book here - https://www.amazon.com/Second-Innings-History-American-Cricket/dp/B0HH7MG92K/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.viB8oyXT8Byn0ikzclwG8DD0FHc0oVSOx5msLJnDNFMh8hgMq2lRGHMUY4KDfgY48o-qHnNweDKm27oSMDWP8M4nhTIlLab_sYbCDc9yZ4zR66emcaICapvjAvrv84DvwTb3xMeXi3zhUmxXEM9fMi9VEdNtWNW5PRgAkZgSNyid1X-Zlk97BlYLQFmurTlpEY2gougbd-oMAN9EPjThmg.m1cW0CKK_6IQ9ShspV47Fz77H_9f0vUsOgk38n7gD3w&qid=1792374851&sr=8-1

After a century of success and prosperity, Spanish Florida is wiped out in Queen Anne's War. This coincides with the start Golden Age of Piracy.

In late 1600s and early 1700s Nassau, not far from the Florida coast emerges as the center of international piracy. This presents a mortal threat to Florida

Pirate raids and English intrigue leads to the Spanish authorities building a fort to protect the colony.

English privateer/pirate Robert Searle raided St Augustine in 1668 killing 60 and taking 75 as prisoners. With the English closing in on Florida, this pirate raid was the last straw for the Spanish authorities who looked to protect the colony more robustly afterward.

A Spanish Treasure ship of 1622 destroyed in a Hurricane.

The Straits of Florida provide the ultimate chokepoint causing shipwrecks and encouraging piracy.

The most fearsome pirate for intents and purposes of his age was Sir Frances Drake. His 1586 raid on St Augustine destroyed the town and was a big moment in the Anglo-Spanish War which was based around religion.

Dominique de Gourgues leads a French attack on Spanish Florida in 1568- the start of an era of piracy against Spanish Florida.

The French settlement of La Caroline posses a threat to Spanish hegemony.

We introduce new series on piracy and treasure fleets covering the time from 1513 through about 1750.

A new season of the Florida History Podcast is on the way starting soon!

We speak this week with Eric Romo, an Architectural Historian who has produced an incredible short film on some of the key historic sites of Old Florida.