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Hilton Head from the Port Royal Interpretive Markers
Photographer: The Hilton Head Island Historical Society
Taken: August 29, 2009
Caption: Hilton Head from the Port Royal Interpretive Markers
Additional Description: Hilton Head, a prominent headland and navigational aid to mariners, and briefly called "Punta de Santa Helena" after having been discovered August 18, 1521, by Spanish explorers, was known to the English as Hilton Head after the 1663 expedition of Captain William Hilton. This expedition led to the first permanent settlement of Carolina in 1670. By mid-eighteenth century, the entire island had taken the name of the headland and was known as Hilton Head Island. The headland was located on Port Royal Sound, approximately 1 mile north of this point.
("This point" is at coordinates: 32.219908,-80.67118 )
Submitted: September 1, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75792
File Size: 0.633 Megabytes

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