Monday, May 10, 2010

The Forts of New France: The Great Lakes, the Plains and the Gulf Coast, 1600-1763, René Chartrand.

The Forts of New France: The Great Lakes, the Plains and the Gulf Coast, 1600-1763, René Chartrand.

A look at the many and varied fortifications that protected the vast territories claimed by France in North America, from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Ranging from small wooden stockades to Vauban-style forts, these buildings helped defend the French territories that so worried the British colonists on the east coast. [read full review]

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