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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|240px| Christopher Columbus map. Lisbon, workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus, c.1490]] | [[Image:ColumbusMap.jpg|thumb|right|240px| 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. | |||
*'''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. | ||
*'''1540:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-vasquez-de-coronado.htm Francisco Vásquez de Coronado] explores the Southwest. | *'''1540:''' [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-vasquez-de-coronado.htm Francisco Vásquez de Coronado] explores the Southwest. | ||
*'''1585:''' First English settlement in American established at [http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/25/entry Roanoke Island, North Carolina]. | |||
*'''1565:''' St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in America is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586. <ref> George Rainsford Fairbanks, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Solomon Alofsen, ''The history and antiquities of the city of St. Augustine, Florida, founded A.D. 1565''. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Huntington Free Library. Published by C.B. Norton, 1858. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Dec 6, 2006. 200 pages. Full text can be found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SHsFAAAAQAAJ Google Books]</ref> | *'''1565:''' St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in America is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586. <ref> George Rainsford Fairbanks, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Solomon Alofsen, ''The history and antiquities of the city of St. Augustine, Florida, founded A.D. 1565''. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Huntington Free Library. Published by C.B. Norton, 1858. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Dec 6, 2006. 200 pages. Full text can be found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SHsFAAAAQAAJ Google Books]</ref> | ||
*'''1600:''' [http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html Many nations] turn their interests towards this developing country. | *'''1600:''' [http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html Many nations] turn their interests towards this developing country. | ||
*'''1606:''' King James I granted a charter to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company Virginia Company] to establish a colony in America | |||
==Websites== | ==Websites== | ||