Sunrise over Matanzas Inlet and Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine Florida
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Sunrise over Matanzas Inlet and Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine Florida
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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"Historic maps made by Spanish military engineers in the 18th century show that the inlet today has moved many hundreds of yards south of its location during the Spanish Empire. In 1740, a British invasion force from Fort Frederica, Georgia blockaded this inlet, the southernmost access for boat travel between St. Augustine and Havana, Cuba. Shortly thereafter, in 1742, a coquina stone tower 50 feet (15 m) square by 30 feet (9.1 m) high, now called in English Fort Matanzas, was built by the Spanish authorities in Florida to safeguard this strategic inlet."
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August 25th, 2014
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