Pablo De Marcos Research Paper

The governor of Florida at the time was Manuel de Cendoya, he had a stone fort built in Saint Augustine, which was ordered by his predecessor Nicolas Ponce de Leon II. After having his men collect coquina, a shell stone that is soft and hardens with air over a period, they were ready to build the fort since there was enough lime waiting at the site. The construction began on October 2, 1672, to build the Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion). This fort was designed to be a square shape and was built on the opposite side of the inlet. During the construction of the fort, the governor passed away, along with the engineer. Big storms came in 1674 and knocked down the wooden fort along with ruining the town. The new governor of Florida showed up in 1675, Pablo de Hita y Salazar and noticed how the fort was looking nice. “the walls of the stone Castillo, in plain view from the sea, canceled their attack plans. Castillo de San Marcos was successfully defending the town even in its unfinished state.”
The English began moving south, therefore, the new governor Juan Marques Cabrera in August 1686 sent the men from the Castillo with the help of the local Indians and mulattoes to destroy the …show more content…
In 1740 the governor if Georgia, James Oglethorpe was led by King George II to capture Saint Augustine and to remove the Spanish. Oglethorpe in the month of May had equipped the Creek Indians and with a small portion of his army, they attacked Fort Diego. While at Fort Diego, he ordered some of his men to attack Fort Mose (or Mosa or Moosa). The rest of his men went on to attack the fort at Picolata called Fort St. Francis de Poppa also known as Fort Poppa. This attack was lead from the St. Johns River. This Fort was on the shallow intrenchments also made out of coquina. After Oglethorpe captured Fort Poppa without any issues, they moved on to the fort in Saint Augustine, Castillo de San