Laudonnière & Fort Caroline : history and documents / Charles E. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Charles E., 1910-2003.

Contributor:

Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French--Florida--History--16th century.

French.

French--Florida--History--16th century--Sources.

Fortification--Florida--Jacksonville Region--History--16th century.

Fortification.

Timucua Indians--Florida--Jacksonville Region--History--16th century.

Timucua Indians.

Spaniards--Florida--History--16th century.

Spaniards.

Florida--History--Huguenot colony, 1562-1565.

Florida.

Florida--History--Huguenot colony, 1562-1565--Sources.

Fort Caroline National Memorial (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Laudonnière, René Goulaine de.

Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-1574.

Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1560's. 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 Jackson

Contents:

pt. 1. The history

pt. 2. The documents.

Notes:

Originally published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1964.

"New foreword by Jerald T. Milanich"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8338-7

OCLC:

817893238