Chessy Ricca Dr. Michael Francis September 19, 2018 The Myths and Legends of the early 16 th  century were the foundation for Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon’s Spanish exploration of La Florida and the land’s ultimate colonization in 1565. In Paul E. Hoffman’s book, A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient , he discusses how those Legends were instrumental in inspiring the multiple expeditions of the early 1500s. The Chicora Legend lived by the writings of Peter Martyr, a man who neve