Suggest you try Albert Manucy, Artillery Through the Ages, which will
give basic facts.    Paul E. Hoffman, LSU
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Karl Steinen wrote:
 
> We have a canon at West Georgia College that was recovered from the
> coastal marsh.  It is iron, a muzzle loader and "probably" came from a
> ship.  Can anyone suggest a reference that would help us identify it and
> about when it was made?
>
>
> Karl Steinen
> Antonio J. Waring Laboratory of Archaeology
>