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The famous pirate colony, Port Royal was one of England's
largest foundations in the New World when it was destroyed
by earthquake on June 7th, 1692. The project entails
a complete reconstruction of the buildings excavated
by Texas A&M in the 1980s as well as a restoration
of the street plan of the entire city. The unexcavated
parts of the town have been speculatively rebuilt
based on the surviving evidence of maps, views, and
property records. The model is to be used as a compelling
visual resource at the Ocean Institute (Dana Point,
California) to help to recontextualize artifacts found
by Texas A&M and currently on display in a gallery
of the Institute.
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