Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-12-04
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HOW WE GOT OUR sTAET.
" The Genesis OF South Caro-!
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.By Hon. w. A. Courtenay, LII. d. =

i his ID Cne Title OF very femafka-
lie volume just privately printed
the State Company for its au-
or, one of the best friends of let
rs in the south. 1t consists Of re-
ints Of rare pamphlets describing
&rly' voyages to the coast of what Is
&w South Carolina, accounts OF ear
attempts at colonizing the terri
~ and rare portraits and maps IL
illustrative Of the text. The volume is
published for the especial purpose of
playing material for the study OF the
earliest history Of South Carolina be-
ford students in the most accessible
fOrnh. Besides the intrinsic import
anca Of its text, the book possesses
4 distinct value on account OF The
beauty Of its typographical work and
the execution Of the portraits and
maps with which 1t is copiously IL
iustrated. A limited edition of only
seventy-five copies of the book has
been printed by the State Company
at the net price Of SIS copy. In
4 Charleston the book may be found at
the hook store of Hammond, In
3rood street.
\ Probably the. most notable OF the
q artistic features of the book Is the
Yanez portrait of Columbus, pur-
chased by Spain in 1868, and now
preserved in the National Gallery,
at Madrid, and which is described
by careful students as certainly one
of the oldest krown" Of the pictures
of the great discoverer Of the New
World. Other Invaluable features in
4 the illustrations contained in the
book are the portraits and maps
4 which were copied at large cost from
s the originals III Europe.
q In 1862, seventy years after the
q discovery of America by Columbus,
q the colo1y Of Admiral Gaspard de
- Coligny Was established at Port Roy
y al, South carolina. In this narrative
= Is contained an account of the fleet
. of Capt. Jean Ribault, the early set
3 tlement affected by him, it's subse-
s quent abahdonmsnt, the fate of the
small Remnant le It behind and their
& tragic lHIflhrings and death in their
s. attempt tot reach France in an open
boat. This moving story Is followed
by an aceoInttof later settlements OF
a French Protestants in America. In
1880 Charles I, of England, encour-
aged and aided colony of French
Protestants to embark for Carolina,
i but because Of the ignorance Of the
s. &treachery Of the captain of the ves-
s sel on which they took passage the
3voyage miscarried and the colony
was landed in Virginia, where they
Il suffered many privations. The third
= chapter in the book consists Of Capt.
&William Hilton's relation" of voy-
III age made under English auspices
:! from the Barbadoes with the object
s. OF promoting ba permanent English
s settlement inW Carolina, an expedi-
tion which RESULTED in the careful
q #observation ofP the coast from Cape
3Fear to Port RPyal. In 1866 a SINH
a6fzgage was undertaken by Capt.
Sanford, and new observa-
- made looking to the permanent
81 s ~ htion of Carolina. Three years
5z|zE or in 1669-70, three ships sail
fom England via Kingsale, Ire
and thence by way Of the Bar
les, loaded with people for the
Il Enlistment of a permanent colony
Ythis new land. After many ad-
S 8rse experiences this colony was fl
]E ally placed on the west side Of Ash
BY river, west Of the present city Of
harleston, SO that by one step after
1lS3 mother the author Of this volume
IS' las connected the first discoveries of
81 lolumbus in this Western world with
- he occupation Of our own territory,
S2 2nG this was "The Genesis Of South
&yCarolina." The rare documents with
= which this volume is filed give it a
value which cannot be computed, but
- not the least interesting of its con-
tents is the admirable introduction"
written in Mr.. Courtenay's best style
as follows:
Introduction.
("There shall come a time In later
ages, when ocean shall relax his
chains and a vast continent appear,
and pilot shall find new worlds and
Thule shall be no more earth S
bounds."D
The art Of navigation Is as old as
civilization, and the practice OF 1t
must have begun when bartering
commenced. It's early development
in European waters was in the east
the Mediterranean, and founded Ca
open boats. such as Homer mention
ed. Vessels of this character could
not make a commercial nation like
that which throve in Phoenicia.
Therefore, we find that her ships
were large and that they used both
sails and oars. More than three
thousand years ago the sailors of
this little State had passed out of
ern part of the Mediterranean, with
diZ, and were trafficking along the
Atlantic shores of Europe and Africa.
The maritime spirit Of the Phoe-
nicians descended upon the Cartha-
genians, the Italians and the Portu-
guese. The last named began that
golden age Of geographical discovery
which characterized the fifteenth GEN.
tury.
Columbus was an efficient seaman
and also a religious enthusiastic
rare combination. In his correspond
ence with Tescanelli, 1474, Is the
first mention Of his decision to seek
the Indies by sailing west. Three