ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS 



In 1568-9 a Davyd Ingram* purports to have traveled by land 

 from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Breton, thus passing through 

 upper South Carohna. His "relation" is a marvelous mix- 

 ture of observation and imagination. He does not distinguish 

 between different sections of the country unless it be North 

 Carolina, but possibly the palm of which he states ' ' the bran- 

 ches of the toppc of this tree are moste exelent meate Rawe" 

 may be our cabbage palmetto. Except for this tale of Ingram 's 

 no further narratives appear until nearly a century later, when 

 the serious colonization of South Carolina by the English was 

 undertaken. 



In 1663 William Hilton- visited Port Royal. Of that region 

 he writes: "Now our understanding of the land oi Port-Royal, 

 River Jordan, River Grandie, or Edistoiu is as followeth: The 

 Lands are laden with large tall Oaks, Walnut and Bayes, ex- 

 cept facing on the Sea, it is most Pines tall and good 

 The Countrey abounds with Grapes, large Figs, and Peaches. 



Robert Sandford' in 1666 made an exploring voyage along 

 the South Carolina coast and was enthusiastic over the richness 

 of the soil and wealth of plant life. Of the Edisto River region 

 he wrote : "On the Outside of the woods some single scattring 

 Pine trees but of the sort which is called Spruce. The rest and 

 the Generallity of the timber being Oake, Maple, Ash, Wall- 

 nutt, Popler, Bayes, & the trees tall and straight but not very 

 large, growing closer tagether than I have seene in any other 



'The land travels of Davyd Ingram and others in the years 1568-9 from the Rio de 

 .Minas in the Gulph of Mexico to Cape Breton in Acadia. Reprinted in Weston, P. C. J. 

 Documents connected with the history of South Carolina. 1856. 



'Hilton, William. A true relation of a voyage upon discovery of part of the coaat of 

 Florida from the lat. of 31 deg. to 33 deg. 45 m. north lat. Reprinted in Shaftesbury 

 papers. Coll. S. C. Hist. Soc. V, 1897, 18-28. 



'Sandford, Robert. The relation of a voyage on the coast of the Province of Carolina 

 formerly called Florida in the continent of the Northerne America from Charlea River 

 neere Cape Feare in the county of Clarendon and the lat; of 34: deg: to Port Royall in 

 the north lat: of 32: d: begun 14th June 1666, 57-82. 



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