Author: Clarence Walworth Alvord
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : fr
Pages : 786
Book Description
Kaskaskia Records, 1778-1790
Author: Clarence Walworth Alvord
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : fr
Pages : 786
Book Description
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : fr
Pages : 786
Book Description
Dictionary of the French and English Languages
Author: Gabriel Surenne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionaries (English-French).
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionaries (English-French).
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Windsor Border Region
Author: Ernest J. Lajeunesse
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487581596
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
This historical survey is intended to serve as an introduction to a series of documents relating to the exploration and settlement of Canada's southernmost frontier - the Detroit River region.
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487581596
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
This historical survey is intended to serve as an introduction to a series of documents relating to the exploration and settlement of Canada's southernmost frontier - the Detroit River region.
WINDSOR BORDER REGION, CANADA'S SOUTHERNMOST FRONTIER
Author: ERNEST J. LAJEUNESSE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033070598
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033070598
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Calendar of Manuscripts in Paris Archives and Libraries Relating to the History of the Mississippi Valley to 1803
Author: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Archaeology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1626–1786
Author: Rif Winfield
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473893534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
“The first comprehensive listing of these ships in English. . . . Profusely illustrated [and] impressively informative.” —Midwest Book Review The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but this naval force declined rapidly in the 1650s and a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661. Thereafter, Louis XIV’s navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world, at the same time establishing a reputation for the quality of its ship design that lasted until the end of sail. The eighteenth century was to see defeat and decline, revival and victory, but by 1786 the French Navy had emerged from its most successful naval war having frequently outfought or outmaneuvred the British Navy in battle, and in the process making a major contribution to American independence. This book provides significant technical and building data as well as highlights of the careers of each ship in every class. For the first time, it is possible to form a clear picture of the overall development of French warships throughout the whole of the sailing era. “A handy and quick reference to a variety of vessels . . . [A] top notch reference book.” —British Tars, 1740-1790
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473893534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
“The first comprehensive listing of these ships in English. . . . Profusely illustrated [and] impressively informative.” —Midwest Book Review The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but this naval force declined rapidly in the 1650s and a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661. Thereafter, Louis XIV’s navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world, at the same time establishing a reputation for the quality of its ship design that lasted until the end of sail. The eighteenth century was to see defeat and decline, revival and victory, but by 1786 the French Navy had emerged from its most successful naval war having frequently outfought or outmaneuvred the British Navy in battle, and in the process making a major contribution to American independence. This book provides significant technical and building data as well as highlights of the careers of each ship in every class. For the first time, it is possible to form a clear picture of the overall development of French warships throughout the whole of the sailing era. “A handy and quick reference to a variety of vessels . . . [A] top notch reference book.” —British Tars, 1740-1790
The Westward Movement
Author: Justin Winsor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Ship Decoration
Author: Andy Peters
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848321767
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work _ figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design _ carried by the ships of the major maritime states of Europe in the zenith of the sailing era. It covers both warships and the most prestigious merchant ships, the East Indiamen of the great chartered companies. The work began life in the year 2000 when the author was commissioned to carry out research for an ambitious project to build a full-size replica of a Swedish East Indiaman, which produced a corpus of information whose relevance stretched way beyond the immediate requirements of accurately decorating the replica.??In tracking the artistic influences on European ship decoration, it became clear that this was essentially the story of the baroque style, its dissemination from France, and its gradual transformation into distinct national variations in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. It is an inherently visual subject and the book illustrates developments with numerous photographs of contemporary ship models, paintings and plans, as well as the author's own interpretive illustrations of details.??As the first major work on the topic for nearly a century, it will be of obvious appeal to ship modellers and historians, but with comparative examples drawn from architecture and sculpture, it also makes a broader contribution to the history of the applied arts.
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848321767
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work _ figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design _ carried by the ships of the major maritime states of Europe in the zenith of the sailing era. It covers both warships and the most prestigious merchant ships, the East Indiamen of the great chartered companies. The work began life in the year 2000 when the author was commissioned to carry out research for an ambitious project to build a full-size replica of a Swedish East Indiaman, which produced a corpus of information whose relevance stretched way beyond the immediate requirements of accurately decorating the replica.??In tracking the artistic influences on European ship decoration, it became clear that this was essentially the story of the baroque style, its dissemination from France, and its gradual transformation into distinct national variations in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. It is an inherently visual subject and the book illustrates developments with numerous photographs of contemporary ship models, paintings and plans, as well as the author's own interpretive illustrations of details.??As the first major work on the topic for nearly a century, it will be of obvious appeal to ship modellers and historians, but with comparative examples drawn from architecture and sculpture, it also makes a broader contribution to the history of the applied arts.
Guide to Materials for American History in the Libraries and Archives of Paris
Author: Waldo Gifford Leland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Graphic History
Author: Philip Benedict
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600004404
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The suite of forty prints published in Geneva in 1570 depicting the wars, massacres and troubles of the French Wars of Religion may have been the first picture history made in woodcuts or etchings that promised a geenral public a true view of great events of the recent past. This richly illustrated study reconstructs the gradual elaboration of this experimental work, situating it within the previously untold story of the use of the graphic arts to report the news in the fist centuries of European printmaking. Successive chapters explore the pictorial traditions that inspired the printmakers, examine how they gathered their information, assess the reliability of the scenes, and analyze the historical vision informing the series. Part 2 reproduces the full suite with commentary in double page fold-outs. Through the study of a single print series, lost chapters in the history of jorunalism, of the graphic arts, and of Protestant historical consciousness re-emerge.
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600004404
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The suite of forty prints published in Geneva in 1570 depicting the wars, massacres and troubles of the French Wars of Religion may have been the first picture history made in woodcuts or etchings that promised a geenral public a true view of great events of the recent past. This richly illustrated study reconstructs the gradual elaboration of this experimental work, situating it within the previously untold story of the use of the graphic arts to report the news in the fist centuries of European printmaking. Successive chapters explore the pictorial traditions that inspired the printmakers, examine how they gathered their information, assess the reliability of the scenes, and analyze the historical vision informing the series. Part 2 reproduces the full suite with commentary in double page fold-outs. Through the study of a single print series, lost chapters in the history of jorunalism, of the graphic arts, and of Protestant historical consciousness re-emerge.