Jean Ribault
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Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Florida. A Huguenot an
Jean Ribault
Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Ribault.
Jacksonville Jean Ribault Monument Column, St. Johns Bluff
Marker at Fort Matanzas National Monument showing the location where Jean Ribault and his men were slaughtered by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in September 1565
Fort Caroline
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Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County. It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine
Jean Ribault
…that founded the outpost of Charlesfort on Parris Island in present-day South Carolina. Two years later, he took over command of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. He and many of his followers died at the hands of Spanish soldiers during the Massacre at Matanzas Inlet, near…
Fort Caroline moat FOCA1566
Floride françoise ("French Florida"), by Pierre du Val, 17th century
Fort Caroline shown in an old etching
Founding of Fort Caroline depicted in Histoire de la Marine, de la voile à l'atome by Philippe Masson