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

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Author / Creator:	Odegard, Erik.
Imprint:	Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2020]
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Colonial and Global History Through Dutch Sources Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Subject:	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. Fortification. Military engineering. India. Sri Lanka. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542659

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ISBN:	9400603800 9789400603806 9087283466 9789087283469
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 14, 2022).
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.
Other form:	Print version: Odegard, Erik. Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795. Leiden : Leiden University Press, ©2020 9789087283469

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