Jean Ribault
Jean Ribault (* 1520 in Dieppe , Seine-Maritime , † 12. October 1565 in Matanzas Inlet , Florida ) was a French navigator , colonizer and the Caribbean - Pirate .
Life
Ribault was born in Dieppe and commissioned in 1562 by Gaspard II. De Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon , to found a Huguenot colony in North America . He sailed to Florida and founded the Charles Forte settlement (in the region of present-day Port Royal in South Carolina ), which was later abandoned. In 1565 he was supposed to defend the French settlement of Fort Caroline , which was threatened by the Spanish under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés . Ribault wanted to surprise the Spaniards at nearby St. Augustine and left Fort Caroline, which was immediately taken by Menéndez. Ribault's ships were destroyed by storms and he was captured and executed by Menéndez.
literature
- Jean Mabire (Ed.): Grands marins normands . Edition l'Ancre de marine, Saint-Malo 1993, ISBN 2-905970-66-9 .
- Samuel E. Morison: The Northern Voyages. AD 500-1600 (The European Discovery of America; Vol. 1). OUP, New York 1993, ISBN 0-19-508271-0 (reprint of the New York 1971 edition).
- Charlton W. Tebeau: A history of Florida . University of Miami Press, Coral Cables, 1976, ISBN 0-87024-149-4 , pp. 29-30.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ribault, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ribaut, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French navigator, Caribbean pirate and colonizer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dieppe , Seine-Maritime department |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1565 |
| Place of death | Matanzas Inlet , Florida |