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Accurate images of Spanish galleons that sailed more than 300 years ago are not easy to come by and are always suspect in the absence of actual construction contracts. In 2006, Dr. R. Duncan Mathewson III led a team whose task was the creation of a 3D animation of Santa Margarita, at sea during the hurricane of 1622.
Dr. Mathewson worked with archaeological research colleagues and ship modelists—namely Oleg Mikhaylov—in pursuit of faithful representation.
Research by ship historian Bill Muir, and by Dr. Eugene Lyon, who located the 1616 construction contract for the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, provided a reliable basis for reconstructing how Santa Margarita must have looked.
Without the magical touch and computer skills of John Whitesel of Black Laser Learning, it would have been impossible to have so realistically depicted the ship as she struggled to stay afloat on September 6, 1622, off the Florida Keys.
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I would also like to personally
thank all my research colleagues who have discussed the archaeological features of
this Spanish galleon with me over the years and who have helped me to understand
the computer mechanics necessary to visually depict 3-D perspectives.
I believe that as our 3D-animation program is further developed with more contextual
data from both the archives and the artifacts, this simulated model will become a
powerful research tool for deciphering the subsequental events involving the progressive
break-up and disintegration of the galleon.
Thanks also to the ship modelists who have assisted me in getting the archaeological
details right, particularly Oleg Mikhaylov, who is busily building his own Atocha
model.
Dr. R. Duncan Mathewson III
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