Why Build a Fort on an island? Triangle Trade | Dry Tortugas National Park

Historian Gene Tinnie explains the Triangle Trade and why the US Navy bothered to build a fort on a remote tropical island.
Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton
A special thanks to:
-Gene Tinnie
-Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
-Dry Tortugas National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-Yankee Freedom Ferry
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC