Jean Ribault has traveled north from present…
1562 CE
Jean Ribault has traveled north from present Jacksonville, charting more of the coastline and noting several rivers.
Eventually the colonists arrive to the Port Royal Sound in present-day South Carolina, and Ribault elects to establish a settlement on Parris Island, one of the Sea Islands off the coast.
He oversees the layout of a small fort, which is named Charlesfort in honor of the French king Charles IX.
Leaving twenty-seven men under the command of Albert de la Pierria to man the fort, Ribault sets sail for France in July 1562, but will be unable to bring back assistance because of the eruption of civil war in France between Huguenots and Catholics.
The undersuppplied colonists will soon abandon the settlement.