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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
groves and amid all the splendors of an almost tropical vegetation. In a military point of view, the bay of Port Royal, the entrance of which is narrowed by Hilton Head, is one of the finest ports in America, and the group of islands of St. Helena, sufficiently large to furnish supplies of every kind, yet easy to defend and surrounded by navigable arms of the sea, made an excellent depot for the navy. These advantages had not been unobserved by the navigator Jean Ribaut, of Dieppe, who, in 1562, had brought there a party of Norman Protestants, and had built a fort on one of the islands; the French names of Beaufort and Port Royal perpetuate the remembrance of those hardy pioneers, whom the sad religious wars of the sixteenth century had driven far from a country too little concerned to nourish her children at home. Fine weather had favored the departure of the fleet, but it was not to escape the storm which, in consequence of its periodical return in the beginning of November, sa
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
date, he again embarked for his viceroyalty, accompanied by a numerous train of adventurers; and, as he was never more heard of, he may have perished at sea. Can it be a matter of surprise, that, for the next fifty 1550 to 1600. years, no further discoveries were attempted by the government of a nation, which had become involved in the final struggle of feudalism against the central power of the monarch, of Calvinism against the ancient religion of France? The colony of Huguenots at the 1562 to 1567. South sprung from private enterprise; a government which could devise the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572. Aug. 24. was neither worthy nor able to found new states. At length, under the mild and tolerant reign of Henry IV., the star of France emerged from the clouds of blood, treachery, and civil war, which had so long eclipsed her glory. The number and importance of the fishing stages had increased; in 1578 there were one 1578 hundred and fifty French vessels at Newfoundland
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
ently minute and accurate; removing all doubt Before the geography of the country was well known, there was room for the error of Charlevoix, Nouv. Fr. i. 25, who places the settlement at the mouth of the Edisto, an error which is followed by Chalmers, 513. It is no reproach to Charlevoix, that his geography of the coast of Florida is confused and inaccurate. Compare Johnson's Life of Greene, i. 477. which seemed the outlet of a magnificent river. The greatest ships of France Chap. II.} 1562. and the argosies of Venice could ride securely in the deep water of the harbor. The site for a first settlement is apt to be injudiciously selected; the local advantages which favor the growth of large cities, are revealed by time. It was perhaps on Parris Island, that a monumental stone, engraved with the arms of France, was proudly raised; and as the company looked round upon the immense oaks, which were venerable from the growth of centuries, the profusion of wild fowls, the groves of p
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Lord Mayor of London. (search)
The Lord Mayor of London. --On ordinary State occasions, the Lord Mayor of London wears a black silk robe, richly embroidered, and his collar and jewels; in the Civic Courts, a violet silk robe, furred and bordered with black velvet. The wearing of the various robes was fixed by regulations dated 1562. The present authority for the costumes is a printed pamphlet, dated 1789.
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