René Goulaine de Laudonnière
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Rene Goulaine de Laudonnière was a French Huguenot explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot, sent Jean Ribault and Laudonnière to explore potential sites in Florida suitable for settlement by the French Protestants.
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Laudonnière, as depicted in 1846
La Floride françoise (French Florida), by Pierre du Val, 17th century.
Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Ribault in 1562.
One of Theodor de Bry's engravings, supposedly based on drawings by Jacques LeMoyne, depicting Chief Saturiwa preparing his men for battle.Historical Figures from France 6
About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1542 to 1582 · aged 40
Written about in
10 languages
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