Details the florida intercoastal waterway. William it wasnt it was built for anybody and everybody. Sailors, a lot of sailboats chargers steelers there were four principal investors in the waterway and they were all key businessmen in cain augustine. Saint augustine. They included dr. John wescott who was a medical doctor, a mineralogist, a surveyor. He was everything. In fact, in 1855, he was surveyor general of the whole state of florida. When it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida, dr. Wescott would know they needed about 100,000 in capital. Dr. Wescott put in 49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money. And the other three put in the balance, 51,000. Back then, in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something, to do almost anything, you had to get a charter from the state legislature. And in 1881, dr. Wescott was well known. It had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general, it had always been his dream
Are spanish and you want to tell this story. I said, no im saying it because it really happened. That is why i decided to write it. Spains role was quite significant, because in the very early years, 74 75, also in 76 and in 77, spain was covertly assisting the colonies. Why covertly . For two reasons. The first one is the most important, because spain had multiple colonies. How is spain going to support colonies getting beaten by their master . It was a very tricky situation. Also at the time, there were situations between spain and england and france after the seven years war, and things were really complicated. In the beginning actually some of the records in some instances, the moneys bank gave to buy armaments, etc. , are registered in the official registries in spain. This is the bank of spain. In their archives, they are titled expenses of the royal treasure. Well, that could be anything. They were just afraid to let the secret out that they were helping the colonists. There wer
Scott mcgrew. My first guest is going to ci cringe, but i will distantly compare him to a character on Silicon Valley. No disrespect, i just love Silicon Valley. I appreciate your opinion, but i guess we just wont do it. It shows the tension between the young mans founder and the ceo. The tension between founders and ceo brought in to make that Company Better is a attention experienced over and over and sometimes it goes very poorly. Sometimes it goes very, very well. This is a real life ceo and founder. Founder of lookout security on the left, the outsider bright in on the right. Together they managed to build a very successful company. They were the company that pulled the alarm on a recent iphone security problem. So yes, i did compare you to action jack barker. I think the founder comparison is more cringe worthy. If your found sere watching this im not richard. John is not richard. It was the best example i could get of what we see in Silicon Valley. Younger founders, voluntarily,
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