The Forts of Colonial North America: British, Dutch and Swedish colonies (Fortress)

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The second in a two-volume study of forts in colonial North The united states, this title offers a detailed have a look at quite a lot of kinds of fortifications built between the times of the earliest British settlements in North The united states in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War, when France ceded New France to Britain. With photographs of these sites as they’re these days, specially-commissioned artwork depicting the forts in their original uses and detailed maps, writer Rene Chartrand also provides readers a valuable look back at early American colonial life. Altogether, a comprehensive, detailed look into crucial aspect of American history, and one that may be still visible across the landscape these days.

Forts included:

– Roanoke Island: fours forts built by the colonists of North Carolina, 1585-90
– Jamestown: he first permanent settlements built by colonists, starting in 1607
– Early British fortifications in New England, Nova Scotia, and along the coast
– Early Dutch fortifications in what is now New York, Connecticut and New Jersey
– Swedish fortifications in Delaware, 1638-55
– Forts in Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay area, built by the French but ceded to Britain
– Castle William, Boston
– Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario
– Frontier forts along the Ohio River and Lake George
– Fort Pitt and Crown point, built to protected British-American conquests

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