Come and Take It! The Gonzalez Cannon

fernando · 25th July 2023, 04:47 PM

From Investigation Concerning Gaspar Castaño de Sosa’s
Unauthorized Expedition to New Mexico in 1590-1591,
Conducted by Captain Juan Morlete in 1591

Finally an exhaustive mention of de Sosa's artillery. I will not bore you to death with transcription of all details over this issue. I will just say that, the number of times that his artillery is mentioned in this paper, is countless. No typologies approached, only that he had at least three "artillery pieces", defined as (two) small and (one) gross. Whether they were of this or that specific type, it will be up to our imagination. I seem to understand that they were transported in the carts.
According to what is recorded, he either used them to assault natives and also to set defence from his national oppositors.

25th July 2023, 04:47 PM	#29
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	And with this one, i am done ! From Investigation Concerning Gaspar Castaño de Sosa’s Unauthorized Expedition to New Mexico in 1590-1591, Conducted by Captain Juan Morlete in 1591 Finally an exhaustive mention of de Sosa's artillery. I will not bore you to death with transcription of all details over this issue. I will just say that, the number of times that his artillery is mentioned in this paper, is countless. No typologies approached, only that he had at least three "artillery pieces", defined as (two) small and (one) gross. Whether they were of this or that specific type, it will be up to our imagination. I seem to understand that they were transported in the carts. According to what is recorded, he either used them to assault natives and also to set defence from his national oppositors.