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==English Period (1763-1783)== | ==English Period (1763-1783)== | ||
==Second Spanish Period (1783-1821)== | ==Second Spanish Period (1783-1821)== | ||
Control of Florida and the fort was returned to Spain in the 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Spanish influence in the world had waned and they could no longer afford to maintain a vast network of remote outposts and Fort Matanzas fell into disrepair. By 1821 the fort was already in ruins. | |||
==U.S. Control== | ==U.S. Control== | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Revision as of 07:41, 15 February 2010
Fort Matanzas (1740-1821) - First established by the Spanish at the entrance to St. Augustine Harbor in 1740. Named ..... after ...... Abandoned in 1821.
Fort Matanzas History
First Spanish Perod (1740-1763)
English Period (1763-1783)
Second Spanish Period (1783-1821)
Control of Florida and the fort was returned to Spain in the 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Spanish influence in the world had waned and they could no longer afford to maintain a vast network of remote outposts and Fort Matanzas fell into disrepair. By 1821 the fort was already in ruins.
U.S. Control
Current Status
Period guns and mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Matanzas National Monument, St. Johns County, Florida. Maps & Images Lat: 29.715235 Long: -81.239018 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 185-186
Links:
Visited: 16 Jan 2010
Fort Matanzas Picture Gallery
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