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	Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France
		In 1562, Jean Ribault (jawn re BOW) was sent from France to Florida in order to explore the area and begin a new colony.
		During the time that Jean Ribault was in prison, Rene Laudonnière (wren AY day law dun YAIR) was sent to rescue Charlesfort in South Carolina.
		Ribault tried to capture St. Augustine, but his ships were destroyed in a severe storm.
	fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/ribault/ribault1.htm (544 words)

	Jean Ribault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1562, Ribault was chosen to lead an expedition to the New World to establish a haven for the Huguenots.
		Warfare had broken out during Ribault’s absence from France between the Roman Catholic majority backed by Spain and the Protestant Huguenots backed by England.
		A naval confrontation was averted by Ribault steering his fleet off course, but the Spanish garrison stationed there to defend their territory were also ordered at the same time by Menendez to ambush Fort Caroline by land and destroy the French settlement and take the settlers as prisoners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Ribault (402 words)

	JEAN RIBAULT (or RIBAUT) - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN RIBAULT (or RIBAUT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1565 Ribault was again sent out to satisfy Coligny as to Laudonnires management of his new settlement, Fort Caroline, on the Rivire de Mai.
		Ribault set out to retaliate on the Spanish fleet, but his vessels were wrecked by a storm near Matanzas Inlet and he had to attempt to return to Fort Caroline by land.
		Induced to surrender by false assurances of safeguard, Ribault and his men were also put to the sword in October 1565.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RIBAULT_or_RIBAUT_JEAN.htm (336 words)

	Dr. Bronson and Friends: A History of the City of St. Augustine
		Jean Ribault of Dieppe arrived April 13, 1562 after leaving Haure on February 18.
		Jacques Ribault, son of Jean Ribault, in the ship Pearl helps Laudonnere (he would return to France and write: L'histoire notable de la Floride, contenant les trois voyages faits en icelles par des capitaines et pilotes franceais), LeMoyne and forty to fifty French escape.
		Ribault had conceived of the sea attack without knowing that Menendez was attacking him.
	www.drbronsontours.com /bronsonhistorypage.html (2398 words)

	Who is Jean Ribault?
		Jean Ribault was an experienced mariner of Dieppe and an earnest Protestant.
		Ribault sailed from Havre de Grace on the 18th of February, 1562, with sailors and soldiers, and a few gentlemen of fortune who were prompted by curiosity, the love of adventure, or the prospect of gain, to accompany him.
		It was then near the middle of June, and Ribault attempted to explore the coasts northward, but foul weather opposed him and he sailed for France, whence he expected to return immediately with supplies for the colony.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whoisjea_cg.html (1128 words)

	Saturiwa Trail Text
		The Ribault Club and its predecessor, the Fort George Hotel (built in 1875 and destroyed by fire in 1888), were constructed atop a prehistoric shell midden.
		The Indians who greeted Jean Ribault in 1562 were members of the Saturiwa tribe, who called the island “Alimacani.” These residents discarded tremendous amounts of shells on the islands.
		One hundred-forty years after Jean Ribault landed on the island, Jonathan Dickinson described in his journal of the island a surprisingly developed landscape, where the mission was established in an existing Indian village.
	www.nps.gov /timu/indepth/partnership_areas/saturiwa_trail_text_aug05.htm (2803 words)

	Clash of Cultures Background Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ribault's second in command in 1562; he led 300 French Huguenot colonists back to Florida to settle in 1564 and built the fort.
		In 1562, Jean Ribault was sent by France to explore the New World, and on May 1 his ships entered the River of May, now known as the St. Johns River.
		Ribault tried to sail after the Spanish, but a large storm drove his ships too far south.
	www.nps.gov /timu/education_guide/clash_cultures/cc_background_info.htm (946 words)

	Chasfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In late April, Ribault sighted the east coast of Florida, somewhere in the vicinity of Anastasia Island.
		Ribault assisted the Protestant forces of Dieppe before he gave up on obtaining further assistance for his project in France; he was forced to go to England to seek assistance from Elizabeth I. Once there, he was able to meet with the Queen, and she did promise assistance.
		Ribault's return to Port Royal was delayed, however, when he was briefly imprisoned as a spy.
	www.cas.sc.edu /sciaa/staff/depratterc/chas1.html (1046 words)

	Jean Ribaut
		Jean Ribault led this group of Hugenots (French Protestants) to America in May 1562.
		Ribault named the settlement Charlesfort and the region Carolus in honor of King Charles IX of France.
		Ribault left in June to return to France, but left thirty men behind to maintain the fort.
	www.beaufort.k12.sc.us /learning/bms/museum/jribaut.htm (208 words)

	Jean Ribault
		Jean Ribault (sometimes Ribaut) was a French naval officer, navigator and early colonizer in the area that would become the southeastern United States.
		In 1562, Ribault was chosen to lead an expedition to the New World specifically to establish a haven for French Protestants, the Huguenots.
		Ribault headed for safety in England; despite an initially cordial welcome, he was arrested and detained in the Tower of London.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1147.html (479 words)

	Jean Ribault
		French explorer Jean Ribault leaves France with a party of Hugonauts and heads to Port Royal to establish a colony.
		Ribault's colony built a fort and other structures, but could not sustain themselves, so the mariner returned to France to secure additional supplies from the French government.
		Ribault was captured and killed by the Spanish, while Laudonnière returned to France, one of about 50 people from the colony who were ever located.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1418 (591 words)

	Jean Ribault DAR Chapter
		The chapter name was chosen in honor of Jean Ribault, the French Huguenot, who came to the shores of the St. Johns River in 1562 seeking religious freedom for himself and for the brave people who accompanied him.
		This gray granite monument, memorializing Captain Jean Ribault's feat and the establishment of the brave little colony of French Huguenots, was sculpted by the renowned Floridian, Charles Adrian Pillars.
		It is a replica of the stone column placed by Jean Ribault at the mouth of the River of May (renamed the St. Johns River), on May 2, 1562.
	www.geocities.com /jeanribault (485 words)

	Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
		Almost nothing was known of Jean Colombe until the recent discoveries of Jean-Yves Ribault, Archivist for the Department of the Cher, who has made important additions to the research of his predecessors, Paul Chenu, Alfred Gandilhon, and Maurice de Laugardière.
		We know that Jean Colombe traveled at least once to Savoie and to the Piedmont, from acts dated June 3, 1486 and signed by Charles I in Turin in the presence of the artist, which retain as his illuminator, "maître Jean Collumbe" whose services were declared satisfactory.
		Jean Colombe's brushwork was slightly less delicate, as we can see in his part of the month of September (folio 9v).
	www.christusrex.org /www2/berry/hours.html (2749 words)

	Exploring Florida Ribault Monument Photograph Gallery
		The Jean Ribault monument is situated on St. Johns Bluff.
		The monument here is a replica of one left by Jean Ribault at the mouth of the river claiming the land for France in 1562."
		Replica of the monument left by Jean Ribault at the mouth of the St. Johns River.
	fcit.usf.edu /florida/photos/historic/ribmon/ribmon.htm (182 words)

	H-Net Review: Courtney Spikes on The French in Early Florida: In the Eye of the Hurricane
		Ribault claimed to have discovered a new route to the Americas where he could arrive in Florida undetected by the Spanish.
		McGrath's research indicates that Ribault considered his expedition a success and sailed to France with the belief that he had created a new route to the Americas, legally claimed 200 miles of Florida coastline, and founded a small French garrison that he named Charlesfort.
		Although Ribault had initial success in 1562 with Charlesfort, McGrath explains that Menendez was the better captain and military strategist on sea and land in 1565.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=255981027490720 (1965 words)

	Charlesfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In early 1562, Gaspard Coligny de Châtillon, the Admiral of France, dispatched the Norman mariner Jean Ribault to lead two royal ships and 150 men to survey the east coast of North America and locate a site for a future French colony.
		Impressed by the apparent potential of this area for a colony, Ribault, before returning to France, left behind more than two dozen volunteers, who constructed a small wooden fort which they named after their king.
		Over the next fourteen months, mutiny, conflict with the local Indians, and shortages of food threatened the survival of the fort, and it was decided to abandon the area.
	www.scencyclopedia.com /charlesfort.htm (286 words)

	Rome Watch Winter 2005
		While they were rejoicing, Jean Ribault, Rene de Laudonniere and their ecstatic troop were unaware of other activity going on not far from Fort Caroline...activity that would shortly cost them dearly.
		Jean Ribault, having learned that Menendez was in the area, had left with a force of 300 men to go south to search out the Spanish ships and destroy them - before they destroyed the French.
		Now aware that Ribault and 300 of his men had sailed southward down the coast, Menendez' next step was clear: continue to search, until those men were found and dealt with.
	www.1335.com /Romearch/rw0105.html (4249 words)

	Huguenots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On May 1, 1562, Jean Ribault first claimed land in what was to become Jacksonville.
		These men, women, and children were attacked by Spain because they were from France, because they were of the “heretic” religion, because Spain feared that they would impede the progress of the trade routes off the Florida coast, and because Spain feared that they would assist the fl slaves in Cuba in being released.
		As Ribault was preparing for his death he quoted Psalm 132, replacing his name for David’s.
	www.thedaysofgrace.org /Huguenots.htm (898 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Local News - The man who stayed behind 01/17/02
		What we have mentioned only briefly was the fact that when Ribault's colonists chose to build a boat to return to France, one of their number, Guillaume Rouffi, elected to stay in the New World.
		But when Jean came to me and asked if I would like to go adventuring again, this time to set up a place in the New World where our fellow Huguenots could be safe from the bitterness and religious persecution that were often our lot in France, I quickly agreed.
		Before he left, Captain Ribault helped us build a strong little stockade and an accompanying village, which he christened "Charlesfort." He then set sail, saying that he would be back in six months' time with the new colonists.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/011702/LOClittlejohn.shtml (1052 words)

	FLORIDA OF THE FRENCH</HEAD>
		When Ribault returned to Dieppe, he was dismayed to discover religious conflict between Huguenots and Catholics had erupted.
		Ribault left France in June of 1565 with a rescue mission of six hundred men, women, and children.
		Jean Ribault realized he had to be daring to confront the Spanish so he set sail to attack the Spanish while they unloaded supplies.
	www.floridahistory.org /floridians/french.htm (1477 words)

	Ribault High now a voucher school - First FL voucher school named (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Students at Ribault High School will become the first in Northeast Florida eligible for vouchers after the Jacksonville school received a second F from the state within four years.
		Ribault High School became the first school in Northeast Florida yesterday to be declared failing by the state.
		Ribault was executed by the Spanish in the culmination of a massacre, getting the French out of Florida.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/932517/posts (933 words)

	Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again
		Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France In 1562, Jean Ribault (jawn re BOW) was sent from France to Florida in order to explore the area and begin a new colony.
		Rene Laudonnière builds Fort Caroline During the time that Jean Ribault was in prison, Rene Laudonnière (wren AY day law dun YAIR) was sent to rescue Charlesfort in South Carolina.
		Jean Ribault returns to Florida After Ribault was released from prison, the king of France sent him back to America with 500 soldiers.
	article.gmane.org /gmane.culture.templar.rosemont/1408 (9791 words)

	Fort Caroline National Memorial
		Two years earlier, French explorer Jean Ribault had placed a stone column on a bluff nearby bearing the official seals of Charles IX.
		When Philip II of Spain learned that Ribault was reinforcing the colony with troops and much-needed provisions, he (King Philip) dispatched Admiral Pedro Menendez de Avilés to "remind" the French that Spain had laid claim to Florida, even though they really hadn't quite felt the urgency to occupy or settle it.
		Ribault responded by gathering all his forces and sailing against Menendez.
	www.mikestrong.com /fortcar (1362 words)

	NFLHS.com - News - The Good Ol' Days
		As Travis wraps up his fifth year with the Ravens, he often reminisces about his days at Jean Ribault Senior High School, a place that will always stay close to his heart.
		Among today's Jacksonville-area NFLers are Chris Terry of the Seattle Seahawks and Laveranues Coles of the Washington Redskins, both of whom attended Jean Ribault High School.
		Ribault High has prepared Travis for both the physical and mental needs of striving to become a professional football player.
	www.nflhs.com /News/SB39/SBTaylor_01282005_sim.asp (708 words)

	Rene Goulaine De Laudonniere
		Having explored the Southeastern coast of America with Jean Ribault in 1562, Laudonniere returned in 1564 while Ribault was being held prisoner in the Tower of London.
		Laudonniere secured a ship from a passing privateer and was preparing to head back to France when Jean Ribault showed up with 600 settlers and soldiers.
		Ribault was captured and murdered by the Spanish forces but Laudonniere managed to return to France.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000000 (420 words)

	The independent bookstore on the web! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		“My comrades who lie there dead,” said Ribault, pointing to the bodies that were visible from where he stood, “may have been tricked into believing that our fort was taken and surrendered to you under false pretenses.
		Ribault thought, because of the adelantado’s greed for the money, that he would not kill those who entrusted themselves to his clemency.
		Ribault and d’Ottigni were taken a distance along the shore away from the others.
	www.buybooksontheweb.com /peek.asp?ISBN=0-7414-1350-7 (843 words)

	Ribault, Jean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A Huguenot of Dieppe, Jean Ribault was a successful captain for Admiral Gaspar de Coligny's navy.
		Ribault elected to settle a colony at Port Royal, South Carolina, calling it Charlesfort.
		Seeking help from England, Ribault went to London, where he was arrested.
	www.floridahistory.org /floridians/arch1/french/ribault.htm (129 words)

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		Jean Ribault commands French expedition consisting largely of Calvinist Huguenots to Florida; after initial landing at mouth of St. Johns River, settlers sail northward and establish colony and build Charlesfort at Port Royal harbor in present-day South Carolina.
		Ribault's arrest and detention in England as well as disturbances in France prevent resupply and reinforcement of Port Royal, and disheartened settlers abandon colony by 1564
		Jean Ribault named to replace Laudonnière and leads fleet to reinforce Fort Caroline; meanwhile, acting upon urgent orders from King Philip II of Spain, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes San Agustín (St. Augustine), first permanent European settlement in present-day United States.
	www.artifacts.org /conquest.htm (3903 words)

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