Ricardo Rodriguez
Professor Pat Leitch
ENC1102-2973
14 May 2017
Castillo de San Marcos
You have heard of Castillo de San Marcos, Right? If you haven't heard of this amazing Fortress with secrets inside, keep reading ahead. These essays will enlighten you about Castillo de San Marcos and how it earn such a huge respect from all their enemies. When reading about Castillo de San Marcos, I found it interesting and fascinating. There are three main reasons why I found it interesting was the Structure and Desing of the walls, their soldier's discipline and training drills, and their weaponry artillery. Some example of those reasons was that their fortress resembles a star with four large points, into a diamond shaped, Its 30-foot height walls which …show more content…
As of the 1600s, the Gulf coast of North Americal and the Atlantic Ocean was full of activity. The Spanished started exploring and setting up colonies, then the British and French. From all over North America, these three Empires had disputed over the time their main focus was to build fortifications to protect their colonies and shelter for their treasuries. The Spanish government authorized a costly fortification called Castillo de San Marcos, In St Augustine. Which it Safeguard their northernmost colony, La Florida. The Castle was made originally based on the Bastion System originated in Italy around the 15th century, what is predominant from this fortress its particular star shaped design. It provides a good altitude of 30 feets, which provides good periferal view to over look any incoming enemies in the horizon. The stone of the wall were made of coquina, which turned out to have an unexpected benefit, due to its conglomerate mixture coquina preserve million of microscopic air pockets making it compressible. The thick coquina wall would not crack or shatter if a project would have hit it, instead, it would create a strong shilled and protects the most outer layers of the wall. This is why Coquina wall was quite a good mixture for a strong and vigorous …show more content…
Constant practice and drilling allow them to face battel and not overlook any of the commads. Soldiers drilled constantly to master the use of two key gunpowder weapons, the Cannon, and the Musket. A cannon crew was made of at least four soldiers and a commander who clean, load, and fire their gun by drill commands. It was critical not to forget one step when under attack making hours of practice more criticals. There is a guideline sequence before shooting a cannon first the captain calls the crew to attention, before loading a cannier the must clean out any sparks left from earlier firing. Gunners then load powder and ball then aim the heavy weapon into firing position. And shot to destroy their target within a mile, and repeat the cycle. The Musket Drill was quite the same. First the commander implements the steps. The soldires obey as an example they would put there Mustet in the left sholder, after the they grab the weapon with the right hand then they clean the sparkling stone, then add the cartridge of gunpowder to the inner pam. Then they would ram down the cartride. They aim to target and shoot, then the proces is repeated, with the most precise