Abstract
The French Huguenot Jean Ribaut had led an expedition to Florida in 1562, where he set up stone columns bearing the arms of France and established the tiny settlement of Charlesfort at Port Royal. Philip II of Spain protested to the French government against this threat to Spanish trade and territorial claims, and then, in 1563, he directed the governor of Cuba to remove the French markers and to destroy the French fort. The mission was assigned by the governor of Cuba to Hernando Manrique de Rojas. Captain Manrique’s instructions and his report, given here in translation, were taken from the General Archives of the Indies at Seville.
Recommended Citation
Wenhold, Lucy L.
(1959)
"Manrique de Rojas' Report on French Settlement in Florida,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 38:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol38/iss1/6
