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''[[ | ''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States History]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Discovery and Exploration 1492-1607''' | ||
===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. | ||