Santa Elena, South Carolina: Fort San Marcos (1577)
How do you convert a 434 year old sketch by a Spanish engineer into a 21st century computer model? One of the real treasures, dating from the earliest colonization of North America, is a sketch of a prefabricated fort on what is now Parris Island, SC by Spanish Army Engineering Officer, Captain Alvaro Flores de Valdés. The scaled drawing made possible a reasonably accurate three dimensional computer model of Fort San Marcos and an adjacent church. It is a glimpse into the world of over four centuries ago.
http://www.examiner.com/architecture-design-in-national/santa-elena-south-carolina-fort-san-marcos-1577
Also, links to similar articles and recreations below:
The French :
Charlesfort (1562 AD) - Parris Island, South Carolina
Fort Caroline: Jacksonville, Florida (1564)
English:
Fort Raleigh: Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Spanish:
Mission Santa Catalina de Guale - Part One
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