Carolana

Map of Carolana

The early province of Carolana was the land forming the southern English colonies, spanning from 31° to 36° north latitude.[1] In 1629, King Charles I of England granted the territory to his attorney general Sir Robert Heath.[2] The original charter claimed the land from Albemarle Sound in present-day North Carolina, to the St. Johns River in the south, just miles below the current Florida-Georgia state line.[3] The region as a whole comprised all or parts of the modern-day states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.[4] Charles I named the colony for himself, the name Carolana being derived from Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.[3]

  1. ^ McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory (1966). "NATHANIELL BATTS, LANDHOLDER ON PASQUOTANK RIVER, 1660". The North Carolina Historical Review. 43 (1): 66–81. ISSN 0029-2494 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Kopperman, Paul E. (1982). "Profile of Failure: The Carolana Project, 1629-1640". The North Carolina Historical Review. 59 (1): 1–23. ISSN 0029-2494 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ a b Powell, William S. (1974). "Carolana and the Incomparable Roanoke: Explorations and Attempted Settlements, 1620-1663". The North Carolina Historical Review. 51 (1): 1–21. ISSN 0029-2494 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ Scull, G. D. (1883). "Biographical Notice of Doctor Daniel Coxe, of London". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 7 (3): 317–337. ISSN 0031-4587 – via JSTOR.