Carl and Ron:

Fort Niagara and Fort Louis de Louisianne are also good examples.

Rich Lundin
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Subject: Re: Vauban Forts


> 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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> 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
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