René Goulaine de Laudonnière
Deceased Person
1529 – 1574
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Who was René Goulaine de Laudonnière?
René Goulaine de Laudonnière was a French Huguenot explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot, sent Jean Ribault and Laudonnière to explore potential sites in Florida suitable for settlement by the French Protestants.
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- Born
- 1529
Poitou - Also known as
- Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- 1574
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on July 23, 2013
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