René Goulaine de Laudonnière

Rene Goulaine de Laudonnière (French pronunciation: [ʁəne ɡulɛn də lodɔnjɛʁ]; c. 1529–1574) was a French Huguenot explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot, sent Jean Ribault and Laudonnière to explore potential sites in Florida suitable for settlement by the French Protestants.

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