At least some of his teatises are available online at
the following website.
http://civilwarfortifications.com/library/library.html
Dave Legare
Ft. Bliss, TX
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> Ron -
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> Vauban, as in Sebastian.
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> French military engineer.
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> Revolutionized the design of fortifications, but
> borrowed heavily from
> earlier Italian work. Ft. Ti in NY and the Castillo
> de San Marcos in FL are
> classic US examples.
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> The seacoast fortifications in the US that you are
> looking at are much
> later.
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> Carl Barna
> Lakewood, CO
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> Ron May
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> Would someone please define "Vauban"? I am familiar
> with Emanuel Raymond
> Lewis, 1979, Seacoast Fortifications of the United
> States; An Introductory
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> History, Leeward Publications, Annapolis, Maryland.
> The term Vauban was not
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> mentioned.
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> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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