Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Partners with Spanish Ship Builders

St. Augustine – Thousands of pounds of Oak sailed out as the cargo of a container ship, and in 2011 it will return to St. Augustine as part of the brig Galveztown.

The original brig Galveztown was the flagship of famed Spanish General, Bernardo de Gálvez, who defeated British forces in Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida during the American Revolution.

Today, a shipyard in Málaga, Spain, Astilleros Nereo, is building a replica of Gálvez’s flagship. The new Galvestown will serve as a floating museum and celebrate the often overlooked Spanish-American alliance.

In that collaborative spirit the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP), the research arm of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, has donated timber to Astilleros Nereo’s project on....

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