The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795

The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / Erik Odegard.

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? The Company Fortress takes on this question by studying the system of fort...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Odegard, Erik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2020]
Series:Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Subjects:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > History.
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
Fortification > India > History.
Fortification > Sri Lanka > History.
Military engineering > India > History.
Military engineering > Sri Lanka > History.
Asian history.
Military history.
HISTORY / General
Fortification
Military engineering
India
Sri Lanka
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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? The Company Fortress takes on this question 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 the stories of the forts and their designers, arguing that many of these engineers were in fact amateurs and their creations contained serious flaws. Subsequent engineers were hamper.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9400603800
9789400603806
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 14, 2022).

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