Los Sobrevivientes de La Florida


 Peloso, Bernaldo. He testified in Mexico that he was a
resident of Panuco, originally from Genova, and a legitimate son of
Joan Peloso and Catalina Sancardo. He added that he had served
the King in the conquest of Cartagena, from which he went with de
Soto to Florida. He married a daughter of Lucas Ginoves in
Panuco.102 Peloso sailed from Spain for Cartagena in 1532,
landing there on January 14, 1533.103 He may have been one of the
founders of that city, which later became part of the New Kingdom
of Granada.

 Perez, Andres. Son of Juan Hemandez Carretero and Mari
Fernandez, from La Morera, SR-305. Survivor from Burguillos,
Smith-294. Burguillos and Morera are not more than ten miles
apart.

 Perez, Bartolome. Son of Alonso Afiez and Teresa
Fernandez, citizens of Segura de Leon, SR-284. One survivor is
listed only as Perez, an ironsmith from Segura, Smith-294.


 Perez, Francisco. Survivor from Burguillos, Smith-294. This
may be the son of Diego Perez and Maria Hemandez from
Villanueva de Barcarrota, SR-314. There was however, another
conqueror of Florida with the same name, son of Juan Perez and
Mari Sanchez, from Horcajo de la Rivera, SR-297.

 Perez, Juan. A survivor from Vizcaya, Smith-297.

 Perez, Simon. A survivor from Badajoz, Smith-293.


 Peria. A survivor from Vizcaya, Smith-298. There is a
possibility that this is Andres de Pemia, a conqueror who testified
that he made the passage to the Indies in 1537 or 1538 and
engaged in the exploration of Florida. He appeared in the New
Kingdom of Granada around 1547, where he was active in the
founding of Pamplona, the city in which he made his probanza in
1557.104


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