The defences of Macau forts, ships and weapons over 450 years
Title:
The defences of Macau forts, ships and weapons over 450 years
Author:
Garrett, Richard J.
ISBN:
9789622099937
9789888028498
9789882205758
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Publication Information:
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 276 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
General Note:
"Published in conjuction with Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau."
Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Seventeenth-Century Defences; 3. The First Phase of Fort Building; 4. The Years of Peace; 5. Nineteenth-Century Defences; 6. The Second Phase of Fort Building; 7. Twentieth-Century Defences; 8. The Defensive Role of the Navy; 9. Artillery in Macau; 10. Portuguese Small Arms; Appendix I -- Account of the Circumstances of the Campaign Against Pirates in 1810; Appendix II -- Gunpowder Production; Appendix III -- Lists of Cannon Existing in Macau at Various Times
Abstract:
This text fills the gap in describing Macau's defensive works and weapons, on land and sea, much of which has been previously unrecorded. These defences were crucial to the survival of Portuguese Macau and the book covers the period from its founding in 1557 until the late 20th century.
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