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Ribault Arrival and Menendez Dispatch
- When
- August 1565
- Where
- Fort Caroline
- Part of
- Attack on Fort Caroline
Ribault arrived at Fort Caroline in late August 1565 with reinforcements, while Menendez was dispatched from Spain to remove the French outpost.
Jean Ribault arrived at Fort Caroline in late August 1565 with a large fleet and hundreds of soldiers, taking command of the colony. Simultaneously, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, the recently appointed Spanish Governor of Florida, was dispatched from Spain with orders to remove the French outpost, arriving within days of Ribault's landing.
Sources
- Fort Caroline Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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