The early province of Carolana was the land forming the southern English colonies, spanning from 31° to 36° north latitude. In 1629, King Charles I of England granted the territory to his attorney general Sir Robert Heath. The original charter claimed the land from Albemarle Sound in present-day North Carolina, to the St. Johns River in the south, just miles below the current Florida-Georgia state line. The region as a whole comprised the modern-day states of Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and North and South Carolina. Charles I named the colony for himself, the name Carolana being derived from Carolus, the Latin form of Charles. Early History The land of Carolana was granted to attorney general Sir Robert Heath by King Charles I in 1629. Then in 1698, Daniel Coxe acquired the title from Heath; under it he claimed the region in the rear of the Carolina settlements and including the lower Mississippi Valley. There are only two references to Carolana found on modern-day maps, the first was found on the 1651 "Mapp of Virginia" published by John Farrer. The second reference is "A Map of Carolana and the River Meschacebe" published by Colonel Daniel Coxe Jr. Sir Robert Heath and Carolana Heath was attorney general under King Charles I, and in 1629 the king granted Heath with a patent and title to the territory of Carolana. The king granted Heath this charter to spread Christianity into the New World and lead a colony, as well as to increase trade, particularly in tobacco. Heath had already explored much of the region and was a council member of the Virginia Colony. Soon after receiving the charter, Heath began making deals to allow French Protestants colonize the area, but King Charles only granted permission to English people, no Protestants or Catholics. The land was then sold to various individuals in an attempt to form lasting colonies. Daniel Coxe and Carolana Dr. Daniel Coxe, an English physician and land speculator, acquired the title to Carolana from Sir Robert Heath and owned the patent from 1698 to 1730. Coxe was called to present his validity to the Board of Trade in 1719, because they were trying to settle colonial boundaries with France under the Treaty of Utrecht. He reasserted his claim to the territory, but his colony never materialized. Coxe was a prime advocate for the expansion of Great Britain's colonization of North America west