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1. www.thejaxsonmag.com › article › fort-caroline-theFort Caroline: The French settlement on the St. Johns

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   Nov 25, 2022 · In May 1565 Englishman John Hawkins visited Fort Caroline to procure water, possibly becoming the first Englishman to come to present-day Jacksonville. Hawkins traded with the French who were in desperate need of supplies. Fort Caroline managed to survive in the New World thanks to Hawkins and perseverance.

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   Jan 16, 2022 · With the French Huguenot threat removed, the Spanish burned Fort Caroline to the ground, destroying it completely and rebuilding their own fort on the same site. However, a French force led by Dominique de Gourgues captured and burned the fort down again in April 1568.

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   What happened at Fort Caroline?

   • Despite the hurricane, humid Florida weather and lack of paved roads the Spanish made it to Fort Caroline. The Spanish launched a surprise attack, killing the majority of the French remaining at the fort. Several women and children were spared from the massacres and a few, including Laudonnière and painter Jacques le Moyne, managed to escape.

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   Where was Fort Le Caroline located?

   • Sources include Proposed Location of the 1565 French Huguenot Fort Le Caroline by Paul H. Gissendaner, works by Charles E. Bennett, the thesis of Michael P. Fleck’s The Archaeological History of the Sixteenth-Century French Fort Caroline in Northeast Florida and original French and Spanish sources on the subject.

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   Why did the Spanish go to Fort Caroline?

   • To make matters worse for the Spanish the hurricane was still raging, making the journey difficult. Despite the hurricane, humid Florida weather and lack of paved roads the Spanish made it to Fort Caroline. The Spanish launched a surprise attack, killing the majority of the French remaining at the fort.

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   Why did John Hawkins visit Fort Caroline?

   • In May 1565 Englishman John Hawkins visited Fort Caroline to procure water, possibly becoming the first Englishman to come to present-day Jacksonville. Hawkins traded with the French who were in desperate need of supplies. Fort Caroline managed to survive in the New World thanks to Hawkins and perseverance.

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4. jeanribault.org › fort-caroline-the-story-of-aFort Caroline – The Story Of A Short-Lived French Colony

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   Mar 16, 2021 · In August 1565, just as the colonizers were losing hope and getting ready to abandon for Caroline, Jean Ribault’s sails appeared on the horizon, carrying 600 settlers and soldiers, including women and children. The Spanish Intervene.

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Quick Facts. The European history of Fort Matanzas National Monument begins with an incident almost 200 years before the construction of the fort at Matanzas - the Spanish massacre of French forces in 1565.

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   Dec 25, 2017 · The story of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida and his clash with the rival French colony at Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville is the opening act in the documentary “Secrets of...

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7. www.historyisnowmagazine.com › blog › 2023/10/7The 1565 Massacre at Matanzas Inlet, Florida

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   Oct 7, 2023 · In spite of these difficulties the Spaniards successfully reached Fort Caroline confirming Menendez’s suspicions that the fort was virtually undefended. The Spanish then launched a successful surprise attack capturing the fort and its surrounding outposts much to the shock and horror of the unsuspecting French colonists.

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   Aug 1, 2019 · The Massacre At Fort Caroline (Present Day Jacksonville) In 1565, the Spanish had already sent and lost a lot of men in expeditions to Florida. As King Phillip II, of Spain, put it, “Florida’s shoreline was too low and sandy, her countryside too poor in resources, and her harbors too barred and shallow to permit practicable settlement.”