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Ribault, Jean
1520 - Jean Ribault, born in the coastal village of Dieppe. He was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States.
1562 - He was chosen to lead an expedition to the New World to establish a haven for the Huguenots.
1565 - Spanish troops led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés who had already established a fortified position at St. Augustine, Florida were ordered to stop him and attack him at sea.
- Died on the 12th of October.
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Palais Jacques Coeur by Jean-Yves Ribault (Paperback - Mar 11, 1999) |
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Life of John Ribault: Comprising an account of the first attempts of the French to found a colony in North America (The library of American biography) by Jared Sparks (Unknown Binding - May 19, 2008) |
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Abbaye de Noirlac by Jean-Yves Ribault (Paperback - Feb 1, 1996) |
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Un chef-d'euvre gothique: La cathedrale de Bourges by Jean-Yves Ribault (Unknown Binding - May 19, 1995) |
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Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges (allemand) by Jean-Yves Ribault (Paperback - Jun 5, 2000) |
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Mécènes et collectionneurs. Les variantes d'une passion, tome 1 by Jean-Yves Ribault (Paperback - Apr 23, 1999) |
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