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===The New World=== | ===The New World=== | ||
In 1564 the French Protestants [http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/hist-hug.htm (Huguenots)] attempted to colonize North America, building a colony nearby the modern day Jacksonville, Florida. The Spanish had already staked claim in that locality and soon [http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2008/07/02/444-years-the-huguenot-christians-in-america.aspx rid the area of the French] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company The London Company] sent out explorers in 1606. <ref> Summers, Lewis Preston Summer. ''History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786, Washington County 1777-1870'' Edition: illustrated. Published by The Overmountain Press, 1989. ISBN 0932807437, 9780932807434. 921 pages; page 12. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BtTC2FnOkAC Google Books] </ref> Prior to this the [http://search.ezilon.com/about-North-America.htm Basque], English and French fishing fleets were frequenting the coasts from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. | In 1564 the French Protestants [http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/hist-hug.htm (Huguenots)] attempted to colonize North America, building a colony nearby the modern day Jacksonville, Florida. The Spanish had already staked claim in that locality and soon [http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2008/07/02/444-years-the-huguenot-christians-in-america.aspx rid the area of the French] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company The London Company] sent out explorers in 1606. <ref> Summers, Lewis Preston Summer. ''History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786, Washington County 1777-1870'' Edition: illustrated. Published by The Overmountain Press, 1989. ISBN 0932807437, 9780932807434. 921 pages; page 12. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BtTC2FnOkAC Google Books] </ref> Prior to this the [http://search.ezilon.com/about-North-America.htm Basque], English and French fishing fleets were frequenting the coasts from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. | ||
[[Image:ColumbusMap.jpg|thumb|right| | [[Image:ColumbusMap.jpg|thumb|right|275px| Christopher Columbus map. Lisbon, workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus, c.1490]] | ||
*'''1492:''' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml Christopher Columbus] sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea. | *'''1492:''' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml Christopher Columbus] sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea. | ||
*'''1498:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot John Cabot] sailed the Eastern Shore near present day Worcester County. | *'''1498:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot John Cabot] sailed the Eastern Shore near present day Worcester County. | ||
*'''1507: | *'''1507:''' The name "America" is first used in a geography book referring to the New World with [http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html Amerigo Vespucci] getting credit for the discovery of the continent. | ||
*'''1513:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/juan-ponce-de-leon.htm Juan Ponce de León] explores the Florida coast. | *'''1513:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/juan-ponce-de-leon.htm Juan Ponce de León] explores the Florida coast. | ||
*'''1524:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm Giovanni da Verrazano] explores the coast from Carolina north to Nova Scotia, enters New York harbor. | *'''1524:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm Giovanni da Verrazano] explores the coast from Carolina north to Nova Scotia, enters New York harbor. | ||