Battle Maps of the Civil War - O'Shea, R
American Heritage
KORTE INHOUD
This new collection gathers together in a handsome convenient format some of the most instructive, attractive, and historically valuable maps ever made relating to seventeen major Civil War battles. The maps are supplemented throughout with other illustrations, including historically accurate, epic paintings by the celebrated artist Don Troiani. The centerpiece of the collection is a series of pictorial maps by David Greenspan which first appeared on the pages of Bruce Catton's 1960 classic The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War. These full-color maps combine an artist's vision with the cartographer's discipline. The reader also sees battlefields from the perspective of aerial photographs provided by the U.S. High Altitude Photography Program, which convey battlefield topography in a way rarely available to the Civil War historian. The collection also features maps adapted from the 1959 two-volume West Point Atlas of American Wars, and the West Point Special Collections Library has provided a ...
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1990Uitgever: Council Oak Books175 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0933031718ISBN-13: 9780933031715Koop dit boek tweedehands
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1990 USA, hardcover with dustjacket 175 pages, with maps of the battles in the American Civil War, in colour and with comment. ISBN 0933031718 In good condition
