CSPAN3 Castillo De San Marcos August 25, 2016
Dad used to say as they move it around. Theyre building with very simple machines, ramps, pulleys, ramps. All the way back to the late 16th century 1580s or so they were talking about a way to defend all their Caribbean Holdings because piracy was a big problem. The treasure fleets were being preyed on and the king of spain sent over one of his best engineers, one of his best generals to figure out a way to defend against the piracy. They came up with an idea. Fortifying ten of spains ports. The plan was, puerto rico, havana, all these were going to be fortified. Number ten at the very bottom ...
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