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Fortress Builder
A. D. Saunders
其他書名
Bernard de Gomme, Charles II's Military Engineer
出版University of Exeter Press, 2004
主題Architecture / History / GeneralArt / History / MedievalHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Europe / MedievalHistory / Modern / 17th CenturySocial Science / ArchaeologyTechnology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN08598975169780859897518
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZzjfAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This is the first study dedicated to the military engineer Bernard de Gomme, builder of many English citadels and forts. Very heavily illustrated, and produced in a large format, it includes reproductions of many of de Gomme's original plans and drawings. Bernard de Gomme started his English career when Prince Rupert recruited him as a fortifications expert at the beginning of the English Civil War; after the Restoration he became Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Office. Though Dutch in origin, he was the contemporary equivalent of Louis XIV's great engineer Vauban. 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. De Gomme's life and work are the central elements of the book. But the book also provides an education in 17th century military fortification theory and practice.