Fort St. George
Fort St. George, named for the patron saint of England, was built on the headland of an area named Sabino, ten miles/15 kilometres south of what is now Bath, Maine, in the town of Phippsburg, Maine, United States.
On October 8, 1607, colonist John Hunt drew a map of the colony. Hunt was listed in the colony register as "draughtsman". His map showed a star-shaped fort with ditches and ramparts, and 18 buildings including the admiral's house, a chapel, a storehouse, a cooperage, and a guardhouse. Fort St. George contained nine guns that ranged in size from demi-culverin to falcon.
As a result of espionage, Hunt's map was sold to the Spanish ambassador to London, Pedro de Zuniga. The map then passed to King Philip III of Spain, in 1608. In 1888 it was discovered in the Spanish national archives. It might be a copy of the now-lost original map, and is unique as the only plan of the original layout of an early English settlement in the Americas known to survive.
Fort St. George was abandoned after a year of occupation and is now an archaeological site.
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