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Historical map for Fort Caroline National Memorial. The map depicts historic La Floride above the islands of Cuba and historic Hispaniola. Blue arrows and red arrows show routes around these islands and coasts to and from Spain and to France. Yellow arrows show the Route of Spanish Treasure Fleet.

Extended Description

This description will lay out the historic points from top to bottom, then name the routes chronologically.

On the modern-day US coast, four sites are named. Charlesfort (French) is followed by La Caroline (French), San Agustín (Spanish), and Matanzas which form a cluster on La Floride. On the northwest side of Cuba is La Habana (Spanish). Most of the arrows point to or depart from La Caroline or San Agustín.

From the left side of the map, two yellow arrows swoop down below the Gulf of America to La Habana on Cuba’s northwestern side. The top arrow is labeled “From Vera Cruz” and the bottom arrow is labeled “From Cartagena.” From La Habana, a yellow arrow curves around La Floride, with the Gulf Stream, heading up off the top of the map. Text here reads “To Spain.”

From the top right corner of the map, a blue arrow labeled Ribault 1562 swoops over the Atlantic Ocean toward La Caroline on the coast of La Floride. From there, Ribault 1562 heads north to Charlesfort, and then up off the top of the map. Text here reads “to France.”

A blue arrow coming from La Floride labeled Mutineers 1564 stretches southeast to Hispaniola, then departs from there to land at La Habana.

From the lower right side of the map, three arrows swoop across the Atlantic up to La Floride: the blue Laudonnière 1564, the blue Ribault 1565, and the red Menéndez 1565, from Spain.

From La Caroline, a blue arrow labeled Laudonnière 1565 stretches across the Atlantic to lead eventually “To France.”