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The Building Of Castillo De San Marcos Classic Reprint
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Author : Albert C. Manucy
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-21
The Building Of Castillo De San Marcos Classic Reprint written by Albert C. Manucy and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Building of Castillo De San Marcos A pirate raid forced the Queen Of Spain to build Castillo de San Marcos in Florida. On May 28, 1668, a sailing vessel appeared Off the shallow bar of St. Augustine Harbor. It was a Ship from Vera Cruz, bringing a supply of flour from New Spain to feed the poverty-stricken soldiers and settlers in Spanish Florida. Out went the harbor launch to put the bar pilot aboard. The crew of the launch hailed the Spanish seamen lining the gunwale of the supply ship, and to the routine questions came the usual answers: Friends from New Spain - come aboard. The launch fired a prearranged two shots telling the Governor that the vessel was recognized, then She warped alongside and tied up. Not until then did a strange crew swarm out from hiding and level their guns at the chests of the men in the launch. There was nothing for them to do but surrender. Worst of all, the reassuring signal had already been given. N 0 one in the fortified town of St. Augustine could suspect the presence of pirates. The invaders waited until midnight, when the presidio was asleep. Quietly they rowed ashore in small boats. Scattering through the streets, Shouting, cursing, firing their guns, the hundred Of them made such an uproar that the bewildered Spaniards dashing out of their homes thought there were many more. Governor Guerra emerged from his house and with the pirates pounding at his heels, he joined the guard in the race for the Old wooden fort. Behind those rotten walls with 33 men, he somehow beat Off several assaults. By daybreak his little force was reduced to 28. 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.
Castillo De San Marcos And Fort Matanzas National Monuments Florida
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Author : Luis R. Arana
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-07
Castillo De San Marcos And Fort Matanzas National Monuments Florida written by Luis R. Arana and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-07 with History categories.
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.
Castillo De San Marcos
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Author : National Park Service
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Castillo De San Marcos written by National Park Service and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with History categories.
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.
The Building Of Castillo De San Marcos
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Author : Luis R. Arana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Building Of Castillo De San Marcos written by Luis R. Arana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine categories.
The History Of The Castillo De San Marcos
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Author : Jay Humphreys
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The History Of The Castillo De San Marcos written by Jay Humphreys and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Saint Augustine (Fla.) categories.
St Augustine Pirates And Privateers
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Author : Theodore Corbett
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-21
St Augustine Pirates And Privateers written by Theodore Corbett and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-21 with History categories.
Entrenched on Florida's Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering--and its rogue form, piracy--was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they also struck back at their enemies using privateers such as Francisco Menendez, whose attacks on British ships strengthened his reputation and sustained the city. Historian Theodore Corbett recounts this dark and turbulent history, from the first sacking of the city by Francis Drake, through the pirate raids of the 1680s to the height of St. Augustine's privateering in the eighteenth century.
Castillo De San Marcos
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 1993
Castillo De San Marcos written by and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
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.
Castillo De San Marcos A Guide To Castillo De San Marcos National Monument Florida
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Author : United States. National Park Service
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-11-03
Castillo De San Marcos A Guide To Castillo De San Marcos National Monument Florida written by United States. National Park Service and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-03 with History categories.
"Castillo de San Marcos. A Guide to Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida" by United States. National Park Service. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
1 000 Places To See In The United States And Canada Before You Die Updated Ed
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Author : Patricia Schultz
language : en
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Release Date : 2011-03-11
1 000 Places To See In The United States And Canada Before You Die Updated Ed written by Patricia Schultz and has been published by Workman Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-11 with Travel categories.
The 1,000 Places to See books are pleasurable, inspiring, wondrous, a best-selling phenomenon and, yes, practical: Announcing the updated edition of 1,000 Places to See in the USA & Canada Before You Die, The New York Times No. 1 bestseller. Because USA & Canada is not only a wish book but also a guide, this information, including phone numbers, Web addresses, and more, is now completely revised and updated. For travel season, for long summer weekends, for whenever the mood strikes to pack up the car and set out to discover a new piece of America (and Canada!), 1,000 Places to See in the USA & Canada is a map to all the unique and wonderful places just around the corner: Sail the Maine Windjammers out of Camden. Explore the gold-mining trails in Alaska’s Denali wilderness. Collect exotic shells on the beaches of Captiva. Play tennis the way it was meant to be—on grass—at the lavish Victorian Newport Casino. Take a barbecue tour of Kansas City—Arthur Bryant’s to Gates to Snead’s. There’s the ice hotel in Quebec, the stalacpipe organ in Virginia, out-of-the-way Civil War battlefields, dude ranches and cowboy poetry readings, and what to do in Louisville after the Derby’s over. More than 150 places are highlighted as family-friendly, and indices in the back organize the book by subject—wilderness, dining, beaches, world-class museums, sports, festivals, and more.
St Augustine In The Roaring Twenties
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Author : Beth Rogero Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012
St Augustine In The Roaring Twenties written by Beth Rogero Bowen and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The 1920s was a time of unprecedented growth in the nation's oldest city. Fueled by a land boom that began in South Florida, St. Augustine was inundated with land speculators and new subdivisions. The city floated a million-dollar bond issue to construct the Bridge of Lions, and D.P. Davis filled in a marshland to build the magnificent subdivision of Davis Shores. A new coastal highway linked the town with beaches to the north and south and opened up St. Augustine's beautiful shoreline for development. All of this activity halted when the land boom collapsed in the late 1920s. St. Augustine in the Roaring Twenties details the roller-coaster events of the city in this exciting decade.