French Florida

French Florida (Renaissance French: Floride françoise;

In 1564, René Goulaine de Laudonnière again traveled from France, this time to establish Fort Caroline, in what is now Jacksonville.

The French establishment was wiped out by the Spaniards in 1565. With the capture of Fort Caroline, Huguenots either fled into the wild mainland or were killed in the subsequent massacre at Matanzas Inlet.

In 1568, Dominique de Gourgues further explored the area, and, with the help of his allies the Saturiwa Indians, massacred the Spanish garrison in retaliation, but he did not capitalize on this action.

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  Floride françoise ("French Florida"), by Pierre du Val, 17th century
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  Exploration of Florida by Ribault and Laudonniere, 1564, by

  Le Moyne de Morgues

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  Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Jean Ribault in 1562.
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  Foundation of Fort Caroline.

See also

• France Equinoxiale
• France-Americas relations
• Raimond Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux
• Charlesfort (1562–1563)
• Fort Caroline (1564–1565)
• Spanish assault on French Florida (1565)

References

External links

• Short film entitled French in tyrone: 1562-1566: [1]
• French in Florida Database--University of Florida
• UF LibGuide on Fort Caroline: [2] Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine