Exploring the St. Johns River and Its Importance

The estuary estuary and adjacent wetlands are large waters where the river crosses the ocean. Many animals and plants adapted to brackish water (mixture of freshwater and sea water) live in the estuary. I grew up in the longest river in Florida, the backyard of my house, the St. John River. Unlike many other rivers, this river is one of the few rivers that flows north. The length of this river is 500 kilometers and it passes through most of the northeast Florida from the Indian River Basin and finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Because it was the month he discovered, we call it the May River, and in 1562 the French Huguenot explorer Jean Ribaud painted the St. John's River. Ribault built a stone pillar at the landing point near his mouth, arguing that it was a newly discovered French land. In 1564, RenéGoulainede Laudonnière established Caroline Fort, the first European settlement, in St. John's near the main village of Satriva. Spanish Philip II ordered PedroMenéndezdeAvilés to protect the interests of Spain by attacking France's presence in Caroline. On 20th September 1565, Spanish troops from nearby Spain 's settlement in Saint Augustine attacked Caroline and killed almost all French soldiers who kept it. The Spaniards changed their names to Fort San Mateo, and with the withdrawal of France the status of Saint Augustine as Florida's most important settlement was integrated.

Menendez arrived in August 1565 and did not waste time setting up the first Saint Augustine. In September and October, he slaughtered Carrollberg's French garrison at the mouth of the St. John River. At the appropriate time, he founded 15 outposts in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina (1565 - 1567), ordered exploration in North Carolina and Virginia coast (1570), and individuals (1572) The Jesuits were murdered by the Indians. Menendez is an avid supporter of colonial rule and his enthusiasm for the area is almost unique. His death in 1574 resulted in a decrease in the number of Spanish colonies in this region. I was kept interested in Philip II until he died in 1598, the lack of field managers with enthusiasm and capability of Menendez will make it more difficult for Todd Silas to reenter the new world into another country ignored It made it easy. Imperial struggle