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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Huguenots. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Laudonniere , Rene Goulaine de 1562 -1586 (search)
Laudonniere, Rene Goulaine de 1562-1586
Colonist; born in France; first came to America in 1562 with the Huguenot colony under Ribault.
In the spring of 1564 he was sent by Coligni with three ships to assist the first colony, but finding the Ribault settlement abandoned, went to Florida and built Fort Caroline on the St. Johns River.
In the onslaught made upon the French colony by the Spaniards, Sept. 21, 1565, Laudonniere escaped.
He wrote a history of the Florida enterprise, and died in France after 1586.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Menendez de Aviles , Pedro 1519 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of South Carolina , (search)
State of South Carolina,
Became one of the original thirteen States of the Union.
It is supposed by some that Verazzani visited its coast in 1524.
D'Allyon was there in 1520 (see America, discoverers of); but the first attempt to colonize that region was made by John Ribault, at the head of some Huguenots, in 1562.
Settlers in South Carolina. The region was granted to eight of the favorites of Charles II., in 1663, and in 1670 they sent three ships with emigrants, under the direction of Sir William Sayle and Joseph West, to plant a colony below Cape Fear.
They entered Port Royal Sound, landed on Beaufort Island, on the spot where the Huguenots had dwelt, and there Sayle died, in 1671.
The immigrants soon afterwards abandoned Beaufort, entered Charleston Harbor, went up the Ashley River, and seated themselves on its banks, a few miles above the site of Charleston.
West exercised the authority of chief magistrate until the arrival of Gov. Sir John Yeamans, in December, 167