FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Parris
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Hilton Head
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Coney
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Detailed explanation-1: -Parris Island is located in present-day South Carolina. Before Menéndez arrived, his French rival, naval officer Jean Ribault, founded Charlesfort on the island in 1562 and claimed the land for France. Ribault’s fort was a blockhouse made of logs and clay, thatched with straw, and surrounded by a moat.
Detailed explanation-2: -During that time, the French built a fort on what is now Parris Island. After a short time, the French abandoned their fort and settlement known as Charlesfort. The Spanish soon moved in behind them in 1566 to create their own fort, San Salvador, where they built a Spanish settlement called Santa Elena.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was occupied until 1570, when it was destroyed by fire.
Detailed explanation-4: -… European settlements in North America, Charlesfort, probably on southern Parris Island (just to the south of Port Royal Island), and left 30 men there. In 1563 the settlers killed their leader and returned to Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -Built in 1566, Fort San Felipe was the first fort that Spaniards constructed in the town of Santa Elena on present-day Parris Island, South Carolina.