Laudonnière & Fort Caroline: History and Documents

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This classic historical resource remains the most complete work on the establishment of Fort Caroline, which heralded the start of permanent settlement by Europeans in North America. America's history was shaped in part by the clash of cultures that took place in the southeastern United States in the 1560s. Indians, French, and Spaniards vied to profit from European attempts to colonize the land Juan Ponce de Leon had named La Florida. Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere founded a French Huguenot settlement on the St. Johns River near present-day Jacksonville and christened it Fort Caroline in 1.  Read more... FOREWORD TO PAPERBACK EDITION PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS THE FIRST PART-THE HISTORY I New Horizons II The "Dog" Violates the Law of Kingdoms and Christianity III Exploring Florida with Ribault IV Threshold of Freedom-America's Beginnings V Succor and Massacre VI "The Countess" Saves the Captain VII Remember Me, Remember David NOTES THE SECOND PART-THE DOCUMENTS What They Said I Maytime II Concerning Flying Alligators III The Sea Hath Nothing Greater IV Stranger Things Are Yet to Come V Deposition of Robert Meleneche VI Deposition of Stefano de Rojomonte. VII Deposition of Jehan Mamyn, SeamanVIII Deposition of Francisco Ruiz Manso IX Report of Manrique de Rojas X Menéndez and Fort Caroline XI Memoire of the Happy Result XII Poems of Le Challeux XIII The Petition of the Widows and Orphans of Fort Caroline XIV Chief Saturiba, Ally XV The Signature of Laudonnière APPENDIX A The Heavens Direct APPENDIX B Sixteenth Century Plant Life in Florida Index.