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Coquina is pretty rare, occuring in only a few places in the world, and it's pretty heavy. It was 'right down the street' in St. Augustine, so it made sense to
by pjmorris 7y ago
Coquina is pretty rare, occuring in only a few places in the world, and it's pretty heavy. It was 'right down the street' in St. Augustine, so it made sense to use it for the fort, but transporting it makes much less sense.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquina
- benj111 7y agoSure, I get they wouldn't have been transporting the stone around the world, but why was it not a stopping off point for further investigation, why did they not experiment with different stone or materials.
- fuzzfactor 7y agoThey're doing it as fast as they can, it's only been 300 years.
- benj111 7y agoWell Spain did invent the word Manana[1], it's just tardy from the British though. [1] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ma%C3%B1ana https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ma%C3%B1ana