An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . nity of Cape Fear, andheld some friendly intercourse with the natives. He coasted whatis now Virginia and the xMiddle States, sailed up the Hudson,touched at Marthas Vineyard, and other portions of New England,visited Nova Scotia, and seems to have gone as far north as Labra-dor ; but his provisions being exhausted, he was obliged to sail forFrance. Verazzano subsequently made ano
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . nity of Cape Fear, andheld some friendly intercourse with the natives. He coasted whatis now Virginia and the xMiddle States, sailed up the Hudson,touched at Marthas Vineyard, and other portions of New England,visited Nova Scotia, and seems to have gone as far north as Labra-dor ; but his provisions being exhausted, he was obliged to sail forFrance. Verazzano subsequently made another voyage to America,where he was killed by a party of the natives. After the death of Francis I., the celebrated Admiral Colign^ de-termined to found a settlement in America, which might afford anasylum to his Protestant brethren, whom persecution obliged to fleefrom their own country. In 1562, he furnished John Ribault otDieppe, an experienced seaman, with two vessels, and directions toreach the mouth of the river called, by Ay lion, the Jordan, (Camba-hee.^ Steering in too low a latitude, that navigator reached the Stlohns, and discovered other rivers which he named after tho^e ol FRENCH EXFEDITIOXS. 155. France. The scenery at Purt Royal so delighted him that he landedand chose it as the site of his colony. Having erected a fort aridplaced the selileinent in a promising condition, Ribault left tweniy-six men and returned to France for reinforcements and , the new governor, Albert, was a and tyrannicalofficer ; who, finding it difficult to njaintain authority where ailthought themselves nearly equal, enforced :t in the most violentmanner He addressed them in opprobrious language, hanged on«>with his own hand, and threatened others with the same fate. Mu-tiny was the consequence. The commander was put to death, andNicholas Barre, being appointed in his stead, soon restored tran-quillity. In consequence of the great civil war in France, norein
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