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3 unusual facts about Fort San Carlos


Fernando de Leyba

Given fair warning, De Leyba managed to raise 1000 piastres, including 400 of his own money, for the construction of Fort San Carlos.

Fort San Carlos

In 1950–1951, John W. Griffin and Ripley P. Bullen, the archaeologists with the Florida Board of Parks and Historical Memorials, did extensive archaeological excavations in the Fort San Carlos area.

According to Lloyd's of London, Aury's commissioned privateers captured more than $500,000 worth of Spanish goods in two months.



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Jose Arizabalo

As lieutenant colonel of infantry and artillery commander of Fort San Carlos de la Barra in Lake Maracaibo, participates in the capitulation of Francisco Tomás Morales.