Jean Ribaut's Discoverye of Terra Florida

“Have You Not Heard of Florida?” Jean Ribault, Thomas Stukeley, and the Dream of England's First Overseas Colony

“…Ribault cruised the coastline, eventually sailing as far north as present-day Parris Island, South Carolina, where he suggested to the company that some might remain behind "to fortify and people the country," adding that physical occupation, unlike Spanish treaty claims, "is the true and chief possession." 24 Around twenty-eight of the Frenchmen chose to remain in the colony, and Ribault and the others helped to construct the settlement they called Charlesfort. He promised to return with more colonists and supplies in six months, and then left for France on 11 June.…”