15 lugl 1521 anni - Capture of Francisco de Chicora

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"Chicora" was a legendary Native American kingdom or tribe sought during the 16th century by various European explorers in present-day South Carolina.

The legend originated in 1521, after Spanish explorers, based in Santo Domingo and the first Europeans to reach the area, kidnapped a Native American, later given the baptismal name Francisco de Chicora, along with 70 others, from near Winyah Bay.
In Hispaniola, where he and the other captives were taken, de Chicora learned Spanish, was baptized a Catholic, and worked for Lucas Vasquez de Ayllón, a colonial official. Accompanying de Ayllón to Spain, he met with chronicler Peter Martyr, who combined de Chicora's accounts about his homeland with those of the explorers, publishing it as the "Testimony of Francisco de Chicora" in 1525.
Thus emerged the legend of Chicora, described as a new Andalusia, a land of stunning natural beauty and, more importantly, abounding with natural resources. This vision moved Spaniards and Frenchmen during the next sixty years to explore and attempt to settle along the coast of the present-day Carolinas.

In 1526, de Chicora accompanied de Ayllón on a major expedition to North America seeking to claim the land of Chicora for Spain. After they struck land at the Santee River and the party went ashore, Chicora escaped and returned to his people.

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