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It was truly a team effort in putting together the 3D-model of Santa Margarita and its
hurricane animation. Without the magical touch and computer skills of
John Whitesel of Black Laser Learning, it would have been impossible to have so
realistically depicted Santa Margarita as she struggled to stay afloat on September 6,
1622 off the Florida Keys.
Accurate images of Spanish galleons over 300 years ago are not easy to come by and are
always suspect in the absence of actual construction contracts.
Thanks to the seminal research of Dr. Eugene Lyon, the 1616 construction contract of the
Nuestra Señora de Atocha has provided a reliable basis for reconstructing how Santa Margarita
must have looked like. New research findings by Blue Water Ventures of Key West have helped to uncover new
construction information which has assisted the effort to flesh out its main
archaeological features.
Our project’s ship historian, Bill Muir, has also played a major role in creating
this 3-D model archaeological findings through his continuing research of how
Santa Margarita must of have been built.
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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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