Early Explorers of South Carolina

  • Sep 1, 1540

    Hernando De Soto

    Hernando de Soto traveled from Spain to begin an early settlement in South Carolina.
  • Aug 1, 1562

    Jean Ribault

    Jean Ribault, was an explorer from France. He brought French settlers, Hugenots, to Parris Island.
  • Feb 1, 1566

    Juan Pardo

    Juan Pardo was Spanish conquistador, who found Fort San Felipe in South Carolina.,
  • William Hilton

    William HIlton was an English sea captain who set sail and founded Hilton Head Island, in Charleston, SC.
  • Dr. Henry Wooward

    Dr. Henry Woodward was the first British colonist of colonial South Carolina. He helped to build relationships with many Native American Indians, by trading mostly deerskins and slaves.

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