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Caption: Marker detail: Arquebus
Additional Description: The arquebus played a major role in Spanish warfare from the mid 1400s through the early 1700s. This matchlock musket could throw a single ball or be used like a shotgun by using small found objects. Natives soon learned to duck upon hearing the click of the trigger, as there was a slight delay in the gun firing while the powder in the pan ignited. A native warrior could then loose four to five arrows while the gunman reloaded. Still, massed Spanish volley fire must have been terrifying to the natives.
Submitted: December 21, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p629190
File Size: 2.012 Megabytes

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