Thank you so much Fernando and Rick!
Indeed outstanding artwork and profoundly representing the huge value and importance of guns to all powers and cultures. We deeply admire these everlasting remains of history which remain in situ in so many places as sentinels of that very history and the events that unfolded there.
While the fortresses and various installations often remain in various degree archeologically, the cannon seem to survive as well in the same manner but despite their considerable weight, often moved to new locations.
The artwork on these guns can often tell us about the nations or cultures who forged them, and markings typically deeply marked in them give us much detail on their history. There are various keys to coded entries which recorded weights, foundries and dates .
The fortresses often reflect key information structurally which tell us about strategy, tactics and warfare as employed using these massive structures.
It seems that the Portuguese fortresses and guns of course have often remained in such a network of locations that the importance of their foundation in global exploration stands as legion in history. While this topic began with the forts in Oman, this was one strong foothold in that vast network, and it is great to be able to review others to connect these together .
Looking at the cannon themselves, what is fascinating is their very venerability. These were in use for remarkable periods, and often ended up in other contexts far from their origins.
The outstanding material which Ibrahiim and Fernando have entered here, though heavy in text, is essential to our better understanding of this field, and great to have here as part of our corpus of data as reference.
Thank you guys for taking the time to add it.
I recall a few years ago in St. Augustine Florida when we were visiting the old Spanish fortifications there overlooking the inlet. They had a display of firing the huge guns there.........incredibly impressive!!!!
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