south carolina facts Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/south-carolina-facts Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:37:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 South Carolina http://toursmaps.com/south-carolina.html http://toursmaps.com/south-carolina.html#respond Sat, 11 Jun 2016 16:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=205202 South Carolina chronology 1514-1521 Agents of Spanish official Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon explore the coast- line, make landfall, and initiate contact with Native Americans in present-day South Carolina. 1526 De Ayllon himself establishes the first European colony, San Miguel de Guadalupe, in what is now the United States. It is abandoned after two months. 1540 Spaniard Hernando de Soto and 600 men explore parts of South Carolina, strengthening Spain’s claims to the region. 1566 Spain establishes Fort San Felipe and the settlement of Santa Elena in present-day South Carolina. Santa Elena becomes the capital of Spanish La Florida. 1566-1567 Spaniard

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