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Book Fort towns of France

Download or read book Fort towns of France written by James Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fort Towns of France

Download or read book Fort Towns of France written by James Bentley and published by I. B. Tauris. This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the other bastides were founded either by the English or the French within the space of 150 years, and continued to develop until the seventeenth century. Most have survived as lovely small towns in spectacular countryside, and almost two hundred are discussed, and many also illustrated, in this book.

Book French Fortresses in North America 1535   1763

Download or read book French Fortresses in North America 1535 1763 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, European colonists brought their system of fortification to the New World in an attempt to ensure their safety and consolidate their conquests. French and British explorers came later to North America, and thus the establishment of their sizeable settlements only got under way during the 17th century. The inhabitants of New France built elaborate fortifications to protect their towns and cities. This book provides a detailed examination of the defenses of four of them: Québec, Montréal and Louisbourg in Canada, and New Orleans in Louisiana.

Book The Forts of New France

Download or read book The Forts of New France written by René Chartrand and published by Osprey Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2010 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New France" consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This title, which follows on from Fortress 27: "French Fortresses in North America 1534-1763: QuAbec, MontrAal, Louisbourg and New Orleans" and Fortress 75: "The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763," takes a look at the forts guarding the frontier defenses of New France from the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Among the sites examined are forts CrAvecoeur (Illinois), Biloxi (on the Mississippi), St Jean-Baptiste (Louisiana), Natchitoches (Louisiana), de Chartres (on the Mississippi), CondA (Alabama), and Toulouse (Alabama).

Book The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600   1763

Download or read book The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600 1763 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America. This title takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), and Vincennes. These forts were of two types: the major stone forts, and other forts made of wood and earth, all of which varied widely in style from Vauban-type elements to cabins surrounded by a stockade. Some forts, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest incarnations. René Chartrand examines the different types of forts built by the French, describing the strategic vision that led to their construction, their impact upon the British colonies and the Indian nations of the interior, and the French military technology that went into their construction.

Book Old Quebec

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gilbert Parker
  • Publisher : Copp, Clark Company
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 588 pages

Download or read book Old Quebec written by Gilbert Parker and published by Copp, Clark Company. This book was released on 1903 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lippincott s Gazetteer of the World

Download or read book Lippincott s Gazetteer of the World written by Joseph Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclop  dia Britannica  or  A dictionary of arts and sciences  compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland  ed  by W  Smellie   24 vols  and Index

Download or read book Encyclop dia Britannica or A dictionary of arts and sciences compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland ed by W Smellie 24 vols and Index written by Encyclopaedia Britannica and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Globe Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World

Download or read book The Globe Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The French Alps

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  • Author : Findlay Muirhead
  • Publisher : London, Macmillan and Company, Limited
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book The French Alps written by Findlay Muirhead and published by London, Macmillan and Company, Limited. This book was released on 1923 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fort Lee  The Film Town

Download or read book Fort Lee The Film Town written by Richard Koszarski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1910s, motion pictures came to dominate every aspect of life in the suburban New Jersey community of Fort Lee. During the nickelodeon era, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Mack Sennett would ferry entire acting companies across the Hudson to pose against the Palisades. Theda Bara, "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Douglas Fairbanks worked in the rows of great greenhouse studios that sprang up in Fort Lee and the neighboring communities. Tax revenues from studios and laboratories swelled municipal coffers. Then, suddenly, everything changed. Fort Lee, the film town once hailed as the birthplace of the American motion picture industry, was now the industry's official ghost town. Stages once filled to capacity by Paramount and Universal were leased by independent producers or used as paint shops by scenic artists from Broadway. Most of Fort Lee's film history eventually burned away, one studio at a time. Richard Koszarski re-creates the rise and fall of Fort Lee filmmaking in a remarkable collage of period news accounts, memoirs, municipal records, previously unpublished memos and correspondence, and dozens of rare posters and photographs—not just film history, but a unique account of what happened to one New Jersey town hopelessly enthralled by the movies. Distributed for John Libbey Publishing

Book The Mississippi Valley Historical Review

Download or read book The Mississippi Valley Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,

Book History of the Town of Stratford  New Hampshire  1773 1925

Download or read book History of the Town of Stratford New Hampshire 1773 1925 written by Jeannette Richardson Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Handbook for Travellers in France

Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in France written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: