1690 Caroline (French map of Carolina) Size:11x14 000 British soldiers

000 British soldiers

Walterboro

as the French called Carolina

superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States from 1844 – 1867

1690 Caroline (French map of Carolina) Size:11x14 000 British soldiersCaroline, as the French called Carolina, was a prize for the European explorers to claim for their nations. Both the Spanish and the French attempted settlements along the Carolina coast in the 1500s and1600s. These attempts proved unsuccessful due to a number of issues including attacks by the Native Americans, fighting among the two nations, disease, and lack of preparation. Not until the English arrived in 1670, did a permanent settlement remain on