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Arredondo argued that Spain's retreat from Guale did not constitute cecession
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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11. The fact that the Spaniards after the year 1702, in which they abandoned those lands, had never occupied or cultivated them, as is stated by the Council and Assembly, does not take away from the crown of Spain its right of ownership in them, as every reasonable person knows. On the contrary, replying on this date with the testimony given before him, Don Antonio Benavides concludes that up to the year 1702 the Spaniards were in possession. Consequently, it would naturally be supposed that the alleged decree of donation of Señor Don Carlos II would exist, for the orders which his Majesty would necessarily have issued in order that his vassals who were indisputably inhabiting the country under discussion might retire and leave the English in possession, would be forthcoming.
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