Learn about the arrival of the French to Newfoundland in the seventeenth century. Read about the people and their lives.

This National Park Service site offers information on the history of this short-lived colony, established by the French in 1564.

A map of the disputed territory of Maine between the French and English settlers, from the early claims by the French to the Kennebec River in 1605 to the English claims to the St. Croix River in 1752.

A sketch map of the eastern shoreline of Penobscot Bay, Maine, showing the location of the early French settlement and fort Pentagoet (Fort Pentagouet), or Castine at around the time the British from the Plymouth Colonies rousted the...

Find out about the early French settlements in Florida and South Carolina and the Spanish treatment of the settlers there. The site map will take you to many other articles about Florida history.