Source: Michel Duchet, L'Amérique de Théodore De Bry. Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1987, p. 155. (WTL digital photograph 2007.)
Latin / French title: The French leader erects a column in the king's honor.
Images: Ships, river mouth, flora and fauna; column on island center left.
Metaphors: European explorers with monolithic monument "marking" the region for France.
Comments: (A) Why the column? (B) For current photos of the column and fort La Carolina, click here => La Caroline.
Cultural humanities: (A) Illustration; (B) Colonial French Florida; (C) contemporary photography