Scotland: Defending the Nation - Mapping the Military Landscape

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Anderson completed a PhD on the Board of Ordnance military mapping of Scotland in 2010. Prior to this she was a cartographic editor at Oxford University Press. She continues to work in educational publishing and academic research. Klappentext A full-colour collection of military maps of Scotland, spanning five-hundred years of Scottish history. Zusammenfassung Scotland has had a uniquely important military history over the last five centuries. In this book two map experts explore the extraordinarily rich legacy of Scottish military mapping, including fortification plans, reconnaissance mapping, battle plans, plans of military roads and routeways, tactical maps, plans of mines, enemy maps showing targets.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Anderson, Carolyn Fleet Anderson, Anderson Carolyn, Chris Fleet, Fleet Chris
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781780274935
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-493-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, Scotland, military history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Cartography, map-making & projections, Military and defence strategy, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical maps and atlases, Historical maps & atlases