they have diocese and claridge -- and clergy. there was a 6-10 day voyage that was maybe as far south as chesapeake bay. there was the north american continent beckoning them. they had sailed off of it and they knew it was there in the -- and it called to them.>> host: your book tells three main catholic -- of three main catholic nationalities coming in. we have the french and english. what were the ambitions of these three groups? differing ambitions or several dasher similar ambitions? did they compete? >> it began in the 18th century and the floor does as well. in the 1520s, they came up from the caribbean. i opened with a chapter because the caribbean was not technically north america, but it was the staging area for new spain. they come into florida. there is a hurricane and evocative and three companions -- davaca and three companions walk. then you have the creation of a fully realized european-style, spanish-style city. then i moved to new mexico where they encounter the pueblo indians and the great pueblo revolt. there i