The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 [1 ed.] 9789400603806, 9789087283469

The remains of Dutch East India Company forts are scattered throughout littoral Asia and Africa. But how important were

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The Company Fortress : Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795 [1 ed.]
9789400603806, 9789087283469

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the companies *Includes a bibliography for further reading From c

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*Includes pictures *Profiles the East India Company's leaders and its actions across Asia *Includes online resource

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Om Prakash reveals the central role played by Bengal in the Dutch East India Company's activities in India in the s

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