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Hernando de Soto traveled from Spain to begin an early settlement in South Carolina.
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Jean Ribault, was an explorer from France. He brought French settlers, Hugenots, to Parris Island.
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Juan Pardo was Spanish conquistador, who found Fort San Felipe in South Carolina.,
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William HIlton was an English sea captain who set sail and founded Hilton Head Island, in Charleston, SC.
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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.