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South Carolina stretches
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Blue
Ridge Mountains, containing 31,113
square miles. Fortieth in geographic
area among the fifty states, it
ranks twenty-sixth in population.
The Palmetto State's more than four
million citizens value its rich
history, a legacy that is a prime
factor in making tourism one of
the state's largest industries.
Spaniards
explored the South Carolina coast
as early as 1514, and Hernando DeSoto
met the Queen of Cofitachiqui in
1540 when he crossed the central
part of the state. Spanish fears
of French rivalry were heightened
when Huguenots led by Jean Ribaut
attempted to settle on what is now
Parris Island near Beaufort in 1562.
After Ribaut returned to France
for reinforcements, the soldiers
who were left behind revolted, built
themselves a ship, and sailed for
France the next year. The horrors
of that voyage went beyond eating
shoes to cannibalism before an English
ship rescued the pitiful remainder
of the French attempt to colonize
here.
The Spanish built Fort San Felipe
on Parris Island in 1566 and made
the new settlement there, known
as Santa Elena, the capital of La
Florida Province. In 1576, under
attack from Native Americans, Santa
Elena was abandoned, but the fort
was rebuilt the next year. The English
also posed a threat. A decade later,
after Sir Francis Drake had destroyed
St. Augustine, the Spanish decided
to concentrate their forces there.
With the withdrawal from Santa Elena
to St. Augustine in 1587, South
Carolina was again left to the Native
Americans until the English established
the first permanent European settlement
at Albemarle Point on the Ashley
River in 1670.
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