Download or read book Castillo De San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments Florida written by Luis R. Arana and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Castillo De San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments, Florida: Historical Research Management Plan; December 10, 1967 Successive fortifications, coinciding With the founding and growth of St. Augustine, enabled Spain to hold Florida for 235 years, during 1565-1763 and 1784 1821. Castillo de San Marcos, begun in 1672, is the epitome of the highest development attained by a forti fication within that part of Florida governed from St. Augustine. However, a flank of the fortification was subject to surprise attack because Matanzas Inlet and Matanzas River to the south provided an avenue of approach to St. Augustine. When it was fully realized that an adequately equipped enemy possessed this capability, Fort Matanzas was built in 1740-1742 to provide greater control over the inlet and the waterway, and thus protect the back door to St. Augustine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Castillo de San Marcos written by and published by National Park Service Division of Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the Castillo de San Marcos, including the events that led up to the decision to build the fort. Also describes historic sites in St. Augustine and other areas related to Spanish Florida.

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Download or read book Castillo De San Marcos written by National Park Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Castillo De San Marcos: A Guide to Castillo De San Marcos National Monument, Florida Sgt. Maj. Nicolas Ponce de Leon, the officer responsible for defending the town, was at home, a sick man, covered with a greasy mercury salve and weak from the sweatings prescribed for his illness. On hearing the din, he roused himself and rushed to the guardhouse, only to find the pirates had been there first. He turned to the urgent task of shep herding his 70 unarmed soldiers and the others men, women, and children - into the woods, leaving the pirates in complete possession of the town. By daybreak the little force at the fort had lost five men, but they believed they had killed 11 pirates and wounded 19 others. Ponce came from the woods and reinforced the' fort with his weaponless men. With daylight, two other vessels joined the ship from Veracruz. One was St. Augustine's own frigate, taken by the raiders near Havana, in which the pirates had been able to move in Spanish waters without detec tion. The other was the pirates' own craft. All three sailed into the bay, passed the cannon fire of the fort, anchored just out of range, and landed their remain ing forces. Systematically they began to sack the town; no structure was neglected. That afternoon, the governor sent out a sortie from the fort, but the leaders were wounded and the party retired. After 20 hours ashore, however, the pirates were ready to leave anyway, taking their booty, which probably amounted to only a few thousand pesos, and about 70 prisoners whom they had seized during the previous night's rampage. Just before leaving they ransomed most of their prisoners for meat, water, and firewood. The local Indians, however, they kept, claiming that the governor of Jamaica had told them to keep all Indians, blacks, and mulattoes as slaves, even if they were Spanish freemen. Finally on June 5 the raiders headed out to sea, amused as once again they passed the thunder of the useless guns in the old wooden fort as the small community grieved over its 60 dead and gave thanks for the ransomed prisoners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.