Author Dwayne W. Pickett details the life of William Hilton, his exploration of the Carolina coast and the founding of an iconic island.
Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Island lies a history that dates back to the early exploration of the nation. In 1663, William Hilton, a mariner born in England, was hired by a group in Barbados to find new lands for them to settle. Hilton led an exploration of the Port Royal Sound area, where he named a high bluff of land Hiltons Head as a navigational marker for future sailors. The island began as a sparsely populated area on the fringe of English settlement in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when it was called Trench’s Island on some maps.
Author: Dwayne W. Pickett
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 07/01/2019
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781467141918
Language: English
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