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CHAPTER THREE:
OVERVIEW OF SPANISH AND MEXICAN HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO AND POINT LOMA (continued)

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Figure 7: Identified Civilian Historic Resource locations on Point Loma Peninsula (Ronald May map). (click on image for an enlargement in a new window)

Fort Guijarros
Figure 8: Jay Wegter watercolor painting "Fort Guijarros". Based on historical and archeological research, artist Wegter presents an aerial view of how Fort Guijarros may have appeared about 1803. The fortification walls were 35 feet thick, merlons 20 feet wide, and gun decks about 20 by 20 feet. Rising sea levels, shore erosion, and subsequent developments have removed much of the Spanish Colonial fort. Wegter has modelled the steep bluffs in the background from Point Loma landforms. Painting is property of Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation who holds a copyright for reproduction.

Battle of San Diego Bay
Figure 9: Jay Wegter watercolor painting Battle of San Diego Bay. Based on historical information regarding vessel type and configuration of Fort Guijarros revealed through archeological research, artist Wegter reconstructs the March 22, 1803 engagement between two-masted schooner Lelia Byrd and Spanish gunners in the Fort. A second engagement occurred in July 1828 between Mexican Army troops and an American merchant vessel, Franklin. Each vessel sustained damage but no casualties were reported. Painting is owned by the Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation and is copyrighted.

La Esplanada
Figure 10: Jay Wegter watercolor painting La Esplanada. The Mexican Republic period gun decks and protective merlons separating each emplacement is based on historical and archeological research but gun carriages, tools, munitions, and rifle positions are speculative. Painting is owned by Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation and is copyrighted.

The Whaleboat
Figure 11: Jay Wegter watercolor painting The Whaleboat. Based on historical research, Wegter shows a whaleboat crew at the critical moment in a whale hunt. The bow gunner uses a Greener's gun mounted on a deck swivel to fire a bomb lance with line into the diving whale. Painting is owned by Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation and is copyrighted.

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