Fortress Builder: Bernard De Gomme, Charles II's Military Engineer

Fortress Builder: Bernard De Gomme, Charles II's Military Engineer

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This is the first study dedicated to the military engineer Bernard de Gomme, and to late 17th-century fortification in England. Heavily illustrated, and produced in a large format, it includes reproductions of many of de Gomme's original plans and drawings. Bernard de Gomme, a Dutchman, was recruited by Prince Rupert as a fortifications expert at the beginning of the English Civil War; he re-fortified Oxford and drew maps of the main battles. After the Restoration he improved the defenses of Dunkirk and Tangier, but his main contribution, as Chief Engineer, was fortifying Portsmouth, Gosport, Plymouth, Sheerness and Tilbury Fort. De Gomme personifies the development of English military engineering during the late 17th century, at a time when bastioned fortification in Europe was at its most sophisticated.

Fortress Builder: Bernard De Gomme, Charles II's Military Engineer,Andrew Saunders,David Brown Book Company,0859897516,Archaeology,Archaeology / Anthropology,Military Science,Modern - 17th Century,Social Science,Sociology,Military engineering,c 1600 to c 1700

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