Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and Spanish Florida -- Sir Walter Raleigh and the lost colony of Roanoke -- Captain John Smith and Jamestown, Virginia -- Calverts and the founding of Maryland -- Henry Woodward and the settlement of the Carolinas -- Iberville & Bienville and the founding of French Louisiana -- James Oglethorpe and the founding of Georgia -- Southeastern timeline.
Summary
Discusses the lives of nine people who were responsible for the founding or fostering the growth of settlements in the colonial American South.
