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Period: Feb 12, 1557 to
#3 explorers
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Feb 12, 1560
john hawkins
him and his cousin cousin Francis Drake made six voyages to spanish -
Feb 11, 1562
jean Ribaut
sailed along the coast of florida and south carolina and established a settlement for the french -
Feb 12, 1562
Jean Ribault
establishes French Charles Fort -
Feb 12, 1564
Rene de Laudonniere
leads a french expedition to florida coast -
Feb 12, 1565
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
arrived in florida with a spanish fleet. They killed french settlers and established St. Augustine -
Feb 12, 1566
Juan Padro
lead inland expedition of the savannah river and explored areas of the southeast for spain -
Feb 12, 1577
Francis Drake
his third voyage was his most difficult and succesful to anger the spanish and proove that English ships could sail where they pleased he was determined to follow Magellan's route to the pacific -
walter Raleigh
Discovered in north Carolina -
Richard Greenville
brings english to roanoke island -
Thomas Cavendish
becomes the third person to sail around the world, He was exploring for england while attacking spanish towns