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Charlesfort / Santa Elena Monument, Beaufort

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  • By BobCors
    The original site of Santa Elena. Founded 1566 - 40 years before Jamestown, and the first European capital city in the new world. The major Spanish settlement and port in the 1500's until the British....  more »
  • By gator142
    The Santa Elena Museum in Beaufort, SC was newly opened about 2 years ago, and it is really informative. The Spanish settled in SC in 1566 at the recently discovered site on Parris Island. The...  more »
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