FORT CAROLINE & THE FRENCH

SUMMARIES & MAPS

HUGUENOTS

FORT CAROLINE

FRENCH LEADERS

SUMMARIES & MAPS

• OVERVIEW OF FRENCH FLORIDA -- "The Floridians: A Social History." Includes French Florida.  

• OVERVIEW OF FRENCH FLORIDA -- Overview of Florida's history.  Includes French Florida.  From the Florida Heritage Collection.

• SEA ROUTES OF EXPLORERS -- Map of Florida during the mid-1500s.  Depicts the sea routes taken by Spanish & French explorers. The web page is maintained by Reisenett.

• MAP OF FLORIDA DURING COLONIAL ERA -- Shows Fort Caroline & St. Augustine.  Also reveals the routes taken by the major explorers and the Spanish gold fleets.  Furnished by the University of Texas.

• MAP OF FRENCH & SPANISH -- Map of Spanish & French settlements in Florida 1560s-1580s.  Includes Fort Caroline. The web page is maintained by Ancestry.com

• "INFLUENCE OF FRENCH ON  FLORIDA" --  By Jerry Wilkinson.  From KeysHistory.org.

• FRENCH EXPEDITIONS TO FLORIDA -- With a focus on the Tampa area.  From a website called "Calderon's Company:  A 16th Century New World Garrison at De Soto National Memorial."

• FRENCH & SPANISH COLONIZATION OF FLORIDA -- From "1492: An Ongoing Voyage."

• FRENCH & SPANISH COLONIZATION OF FLORIDA -- From "Discovering Jacksonville and the Surrounding Area:  Historical Tours," by Patrick L. Cooney.

• FRENCH COLONIZATION OF FLORIDA -- Info about the French colonization efforts can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 4 - 23 .  The entire book is online at the website for the Florida Heritage Collection.  STEP #1 -- When you get to the website, use a keyword search for the following words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This will retrieve the book.  STEP #2 -- Click on the link "Electronic resource (JPEG)."  This will retrieve the screen that allows you to choose a page number. STEP #3 -- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a page number.  This will open the book at that page.

• NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF FRENCH FLORIDA -- Florida Times-Union article called "New Book Carefully Re-examines History."  Tells about a book that gives new interpretations of French Florida.  The book is entitled La Florida in the 1560s, by John McGrath.    

• INFO ABOUT THE FRENCH & THE SPANISH -- A series of emails that give info about the French & Spanish settlement of Florida.  From Rootsweb.com.

• FRENCH FLAG -- Picture & info in regard to the French flag that was used in French Florida.  From the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.

• THE FRENCH IN EARLY FLORIDA: IN THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE -- Reviews of this book by John T. McGrath.  Historical info from the book is provided. From Amazon.com.

• FRENCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA -- Web page called "Santa Elena Charlesfort."  Tells about the French settlement efforts in present-day South Carolina.  These occurred at the same time as French endeavors in Florida.

• NARRATIVE OF LE MOYNE -- Narrative of Le Moyne: An Artist who Accompanied the French expedition to Florida under Laudonnière (1564; includes pictures of the Timucua) is available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• FLORIDA HERITAGE COLLECTION -- Info about the subjects on this webpage may be available at the the marvelous "Florida Heritage Collection." This website gives full-text, online copies of hundreds of Florida books.  NOTE: When you get to the website, you can search in different ways.  These searches include by "Florida Themes" or by "Florida History Timeline."  You can also search by "Florida County" and by "Keywords."  With keyword searching, just type in "Jacksonville," "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE:  Many of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. However, Jacksonville info can often be found in books about Florida in general. Many of theses books are at the Florida Heritage Collection website.

• MUSIC HISTORY -- This webpage gives a summary of Florida's musical history.  Emphasis is placed on the contributions of various cultural groups.  These different cultures include those of the Native Americans, the Spanish, the French Huguenots, the British, & the African Americans.  The summary is entitled "Music and Change in Florida," by Wiley L. Housewright.  It is part of the excellent website called "Myths and Dreams: Exploring the Cultural Legacies of Florida and the Caribbean."  

HUGUENOTS

• OVERVIEW OF FRENCH HUGUENOTS -- Info about the French Huguenots in Florida during the 1560's.  Included are dramatic photos of present-day re-enactors.  From "Vern's Travels thru Time."

• LOTS OF INFO ABOUT HUGUENOTS -- Lots of info from the National Huguenot Society.

• HUGUENOT HISTORY IN GENERAL -- Many links to websites about Huguenot history.  These links cover places all over the world, not just Florida.  Provided by the website "Cyndi's List."

FORT CAROLINE

• FORT CAROLINE HISTORY -- Info & picture from the State of Florida.

• FORT CAROLINE -- Historical overview, from a web site sponsored by "Wildernet."

• FORT CAROLINE -- Website for the Fort Caroline National Memorial, from the National Park Service.

• FORT CAROLINE -- History from the web site "The Florida Native."

• FORT CAROLINE -- Article entitled "The Winds of Time That Shaped the State," by Theresa Ann White.  According to the article, "The lesser-known Ft. Caroline might have been the St. Augustine of today were it not for an unnamed hurricane and the strange synchronicity of events."

• FORT CAROLINE -- Webpage entitled "American Forts East."  Provides brief info & some links in regard to many forts that have been in Florida.  Includes the Jacksonville area forts of Fort George Island Battery (World War I) , St. Johns Bluff Battery (Spanish-American war), Mayport Battery (World War II), Camp Atlantic Beach (World War II), Fort Steele (Civil War),  Fort Caroline (French), Fort San Diego (Spanish), Fort San Nicholas (Spanish), and Yellow Bluff Fort (Civil War).

• FORT CAROLINE -- Listen to an audio report entitled "Fort Caroline." Tells about Fort Caroline and about its researcher, former Florida congressman Charles Bennett.  Provided by the Florida Humanities Council.  NOTE: When you get to the webpage, click on the heading "Last Month's Programs."  Keep clicking this heading until you get to the page that contains the audio report you want. 

• LOCATION OF FORT CAROLINE -- Jacksonville Business Journal article called "Digging up Jax's Atlantis: Discovery Would Lend `Historical Prestige'," by Susanna Barton.  Discusses the attempt to pinpoint the location of the original Fort Caroline.

• LOCATION OF FORT CAROLINE -- Jacksonville Business Journal article called "Researchers Battle Odds of Discovery: 'Geraldo'-style Theatrics Nixed for Campaign," by Susanna Barton.  Discusses efforts to pinpoint location of Fort Caroline.

• ARCHAEOLOGY OF FORT CAROLINE -- Jacksonville Business Journal article entitled "History Buffs Take Look at Oldest Fort, by Devan Stuart.  Gives info about Fort Caroline archeology.

• GENERAL INFO ABOUT FORT CAROLINE -- Florida Times-Union article called "Holding the Fort(s)," by Charlie Patton.  Tells about Fort Clinch, Fort Caroline, Fort Mantanzas, and Castillo de San Marcos (in St. Augustine).

• MAP OF FORT CAROLINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL -- Furnished by the University of Texas.

• MAP OF THE FORT CAROLINE NATIONAL MONUMENT -- Also shows the Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve and the Theodore Roosevelt Area.  The webpage is maintained by Reisenett.

• "FORT CAROLINE NATIONAL MONUMENT" -- Attractive webpage entitled "Fort Caroline National Monument," by Mike Strong. 

• HUGUENOT MEMORIAL SITE -- A brief overview of the memorial site, from the Florida Historical Markers Program.  BACKGROUND INFO: This memorial site is located near the mouth of the St. Johns River in Duval County.  In the vicinity prior to 1565, the first Protestant white child was born in what became the United States. 

• PICTURES -- Lots of photos having to do with Florida's military history, including Fort Caroline, Castillo de Sand Marcos, the Civil War, & World War II. From the website "Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students & Teachers." 

FRENCH LEADERS

• RENE LAUDONNIERE -- Biographical info about the French leader.  From InfoPlease.com.

• RENE LAUDONNIERE -- The Penn Library's exhibit of Laudonniere's memoir.

• JEAN RIBAULT -- From InfoPlease.com.

• JEAN RIBAULT -- Several photos having to do with the Jean Ribault Monument in Jacksonville. From the website "Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students & Teachers."