Sorry for the multiple postings!!
 
Does anybody out there know where I can find info about how the Spanish
handled the foreign incursion "problem" in the Campeche (Mexico) area during
the late 16th thru 17th century.  I'm wondering if there might have been
settlements, what the Spaniards did to try to curb the problem (did they do
anything similar to what they did to "discourage" the Dutch in
Hispaniola?), and what effect there might have been on the indigenous
folk of the area.
 
I've looked in a number of sources here at the U of MN and can't find
much (I have found some)...which tells me there might not be much recent
work on the subject (The old lit. is usually an interesting and fun read).
I fear I might just be looking in the wrong place.  Are there British
archives that would be helpful?
 
I see this approach as an new and interesting twist to the study of the
missionization process in Spanish America and would like to look into it
as part of my dissertation research.
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Ken Liss
Univ. of Minnesota