17th Century Gun and Carriage
Modeling La Belle: The ship and her Rig
Gallery: Models under construction
Gallery: Completed Bullock Texas State History Museum model
Gallery: Completed Rockport model
Modeling a 17th century gun and carriage from La Belle
External Links
La Salle Shipwreck Project - Texas Historical Commission
Conservation Research Laboratory report on conserving La Belle's hull
Modeling La Belle
A 17th Century Gun and Carriage
Glenn Greico
Frank Darden Ship Model Research Assistant
Glenn recently completed a 1:6 model gun similar to those carried on the 17th century French ship La Belle. The reconstruction of the gun carriages is based on a gun carriage found on La Belle, while the gun itself is based on archaeological information from Curtis Tunnell's report on a group of cannon buried at La Salle's colony of Fort St. Louis.
