▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁p .   4 7 , ▁col . ▁d ▁ ▁Category : May ors ▁and ▁Lord ▁May ors ▁of ▁Ad ela ide ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Australian ▁polit icians ▁Category : 1 8 4 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 1 0 ▁death s <0x0A> </s> ▁Hern ando ▁de ▁Es cal ante ▁Font an eda ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 3 6 ▁– ▁after ▁ 1 5 7 5 , ▁dates ▁uncertain ) ▁was ▁a ▁Spanish ▁ship w reck ▁surv iv or ▁who ▁lived ▁among ▁the ▁Indians ▁of ▁Florida ▁for ▁ 1 7 ▁years . ▁His ▁ca . ▁ 1 5 7 5 ▁mem oir , ▁Mem oria ▁de ▁las ▁cos as ▁y ▁costa ▁y ▁ind ios ▁de ▁la ▁Florida , ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁valuable ▁contemporary ▁accounts ▁of ▁American ▁Indian ▁life ▁from ▁that ▁period . ▁The ▁manuscript ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁General ▁Archive ▁of ▁the ▁Ind ies . ▁In ▁all , ▁he ▁produced ▁five ▁documents ▁describing ▁the ▁pe op les ▁of ▁native ▁Florida . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Font an eda ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁son ▁of ▁Gar cia ▁de ▁Es cal ante ▁and ▁Ana ▁de ▁Ald ana . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁Spanish ▁official ▁in ▁South ▁America . ▁Font an eda ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁either ▁Peru ▁or ▁Colombia , ▁around ▁ 1 5 3 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 4 9 , ▁when ▁Font an eda ▁was ▁th ir teen , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁were ▁sail ing ▁to