Colour-Coded Manuscript Maps in the Military Enlightenment

Manuscript military maps operated according to a specific colour code, reinforced by reformed military academies in the eighteenth century. They attest to the specific map-mindedness of the British military enlightenment. Student notebooks and manuscript maps have a poor survival rate, but they were...

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Main Author: Bénédicte Miyamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2021-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/1718/8039