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The Crown sent Pedro Menendez Marquez to reclaim Santa Elena, and increased the garrison to 300
Source: Situado and Sabana #82
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In 1577, when the Crown called on Pedro Menendez Marquez to go as governor to Florida and retake Santa Elena from the Indians, the king doubled the size of the garrison, bringing it back to the 300-man level, but increased the situado by only 4 million maravedis. This shortage was corrected in 1579, when the increase was changed to 9,125,000 maravedis, making the situado 47,770 ducats or 65,859 pesos (Consejo de Indias, 1579; Cebadilla and Sanchez de Mercado, 1580). (Bushnell SS)
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