Answer:
16th Century South Carolina History Timeline
1500-1600: Early Carolina Expeditions and Settlements
1521 - June 24 - First recorded Spanish expedition reaches the Carolina coast, probably near Winyah Bay.
1524 - First French ship scouts the Carolina coast.
1526 - August - First Spanish attempt at a settlement, San Miguel de Gualdape, probably near Winyah Bay. Colony fails within a year, and only 150 of 500 settlers live to return home.
1540 - Hernando DeSoto may have reached Carolina Lowcountry on a trek north from Florida.
1562 - First French attempt at a settlement made by Jean Ribaut on Parris Island. Built a fort named Charlesfort. Settlement fails within a year. Similar French attempts to settle in Florida bring about bloody Spanish massacre and equally bloody French reprisal.
1565 - St. Augustine founded.
1566 - Spain decides to build coastal forts to discourage French settlements. First of these, Fort San Felipe later rebuilt as Fort San Marco), is built near the ruins of Charlesfort.
1585 - First attempted British settlement on Roanoke Island founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. It is destroyed by Native Americans and survivors are rescued by Sir Francis Drake.
1587 -
Second British attempt on Roanoke Island, also funded by Raleigh, fails within three years as all settlers disappear, becoming known as "The Lost Colony."
Spanish withdraw from San Marco after Sir Francis Drake burns St. Augustine.
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