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The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / / Erik Odegard
| The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / / Erik Odegard |
| Autore | Odegard Erik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 382.094920509032 |
| Collana | Colonial and Global History Through Dutch Sources |
| Soggetto topico |
Military engineering
Fortification Military engineering - Sri Lanka - History Military engineering - India - History Fortification - Sri Lanka - History Fortification - India - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 90-8728-346-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Appendix 1. Some Remarks on Terminology and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Literature -- Index -- Maps and Images -- Tables -- Backcover
Chapter 7. A Plague of Engineers: Ceylon 1780-1789 -- War: The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in Asia, 1780-1784 -- The Beginning of the Post-War Debates -- Criticizing Reimer -- The Exact Science of Fortification: French Plans For Colombo, Galle, and Trincomalee -- Reimer's Rebuttal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. The Military Committee: The Generality Intervenes, 1787-1792 -- Colombo -- Cochin -- Galle -- Trincomalee and Oostenburg -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Fall of a Fortress -- The Fall of the System -- The British Verdict -- Conclusion -- The Military Evolution of the South Asian States Designing the New Naarden in India: Van Reede At Negapatnam -- The Malabar Coast, 1670-1717 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Mughal Decline and the Company: from Chowghat to Bedara 1717-1759 -- New Fortifications in Bengal and Coromandel -- Bengal, 1757-1759: A New Fort and Disaster at Biderra -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. After Bedara: Attempting to Improve Defenses, 1759-1780 -- Engineers in India and on Ceylon -- Debating the Model Fortress: Negapatnam, 1760-1762 -- Ceylon from the War with Kandy to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War -- Malabar 1760-1780: The Breakdown of Neutrality -- Conclusion Conclusion -- Chapter 2. "A Company of Commerce, but also of State" The VOC in South Asia -- A Federal Company -- A Multitude of Monopolies : The Company and its Commercial Policies in Asia and Europe -- Soldiers, Sailors, Engineers: The Company's Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Van Goens System: Building the Fortifications, 1650-1675 -- Controlling Territory and Commerce -- A Typology of the VOC's Forts in South Asia -- Rebuilding the Fortifications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Criticism and Construction: Debating and Building the Forts, 1675-1700 -- Criticizing van Goens's Vision Frontcover -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Fortification and Urban Design -- The Military Revolution and its Effects on European Expansion: Fact or Fiction? -- Method, Sources, and Structure -- Chapter 1. Artillery Fortification at Home and Abroad -- The Italian Invention -- Adaptation in the Netherlands: The "Old Dutch System" -- French Developments in Defense and Siege Warfare -- Menno van Coehoorn and the New Dutch System -- The Trace Moderne of Cormontaigne-Ramecourt -- Beyond the Bastion -- Other Influences: Indo-Portuguese and Indian Military Engineering |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795645103321 |
Odegard Erik
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| Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / / Erik Odegard
| The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 / / Erik Odegard |
| Autore | Odegard Erik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 382.094920509032 |
| Collana | Colonial and Global History Through Dutch Sources |
| Soggetto topico |
Military engineering
Fortification Military engineering - Sri Lanka - History Military engineering - India - History Fortification - Sri Lanka - History Fortification - India - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 90-8728-346-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Appendix 1. Some Remarks on Terminology and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Literature -- Index -- Maps and Images -- Tables -- Backcover
Chapter 7. A Plague of Engineers: Ceylon 1780-1789 -- War: The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in Asia, 1780-1784 -- The Beginning of the Post-War Debates -- Criticizing Reimer -- The Exact Science of Fortification: French Plans For Colombo, Galle, and Trincomalee -- Reimer's Rebuttal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. The Military Committee: The Generality Intervenes, 1787-1792 -- Colombo -- Cochin -- Galle -- Trincomalee and Oostenburg -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Fall of a Fortress -- The Fall of the System -- The British Verdict -- Conclusion -- The Military Evolution of the South Asian States Designing the New Naarden in India: Van Reede At Negapatnam -- The Malabar Coast, 1670-1717 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Mughal Decline and the Company: from Chowghat to Bedara 1717-1759 -- New Fortifications in Bengal and Coromandel -- Bengal, 1757-1759: A New Fort and Disaster at Biderra -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. After Bedara: Attempting to Improve Defenses, 1759-1780 -- Engineers in India and on Ceylon -- Debating the Model Fortress: Negapatnam, 1760-1762 -- Ceylon from the War with Kandy to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War -- Malabar 1760-1780: The Breakdown of Neutrality -- Conclusion Conclusion -- Chapter 2. "A Company of Commerce, but also of State" The VOC in South Asia -- A Federal Company -- A Multitude of Monopolies : The Company and its Commercial Policies in Asia and Europe -- Soldiers, Sailors, Engineers: The Company's Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Van Goens System: Building the Fortifications, 1650-1675 -- Controlling Territory and Commerce -- A Typology of the VOC's Forts in South Asia -- Rebuilding the Fortifications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Criticism and Construction: Debating and Building the Forts, 1675-1700 -- Criticizing van Goens's Vision Frontcover -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Fortification and Urban Design -- The Military Revolution and its Effects on European Expansion: Fact or Fiction? -- Method, Sources, and Structure -- Chapter 1. Artillery Fortification at Home and Abroad -- The Italian Invention -- Adaptation in the Netherlands: The "Old Dutch System" -- French Developments in Defense and Siege Warfare -- Menno van Coehoorn and the New Dutch System -- The Trace Moderne of Cormontaigne-Ramecourt -- Beyond the Bastion -- Other Influences: Indo-Portuguese and Indian Military Engineering |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810613303321 |
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Odegard Erik
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| Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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