Erik Odegard The company fortress

military engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795

"The remains of Dutch East India Company forts are scattered throughout littoral Asia and Africa. But how important were the specific characteristics of European bastion-trace fortifications to early modern European expansion? Was European fortification design as important for early modern expansion as has been argued? This book takes on these questions by studying the system of fortifications built and maintained by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in present-day India and Sri Lanka. It uncovers...

Engels | 292 pagina's | Leiden University Press, Leiden | 2020

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