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Captain of a flour shipment reported construction of an English fort at Tamaja

Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558

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2. Don Antonio de Benavides Bazan, captain-general of Florida and its provinces, reported to the King, his master, the hostilities experienced by the vassals of his Majesty from the English and the Indians of Carolina. He reported also the information given him by Joaquin Boto, 59. who had made port at San Agustin in the year 1721 to sell the cargo of flour which he brought, to the effect that the English were erecting a fort at La Tamaja, or Bocas de Talaje, thirty-three leagues to the north of San Agustin in latitude 31° 12', which corresponds to the island of San Simón, or Gualquini; and that, having sent, in view of this information, a message and letter to the English governor complaining of the manifest usurpation, since the territory belonged to the crown of Spain, and considering the harmony and the friendly relations which ought to be maintained between the vassals of both Majesties, the English governor had replied to him that he had orders from his sovereign to provide for the safety of his dominions with fortifications and settlements as best he could. 60.

In consequence of this report, Don Antonio Benavides received orders from the Catholic King issued on the 25th of March, 1721…