Category: Nationality
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Archaeological Investigations at the Historic Portland and St. Pierre Sites in the Lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi
Ian W. Brown 1974 AbstractsTwo historic sites, one aboriginal and the other European. are dealt with in this manuscript. Portland is believed to have been a Tunica Indian site occupied at the turn of the 18th century. while St.-Pierre was a French fort dating from 1719 to 1729~ The history of the region. the excavations…
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Die Waffensammlung im Schützenmuseum
Die Handfeuerwaffensammlung im Schützenmuseum umfasst über 400 Objekte. Im Treppenhaus vom EG zum 1. OG wird die Entwicklung der Schweizer Ordonnanzwaffen bis zum heutigen Tag chronologisch dargestellt. The handgun collection at the Rifle Museum comprises over 400 objects. The staircase leading from the ground floor to the first floor presents a chronological presentation of the…
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A particular wheellock pistol in Turin
Marco Morin The weapon appears also interesting from a technical point of view since it has aparticularly safety system, used only rarely and, to our knowledge, only on pistols ofGerman origin.
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About the development of the Brescian wheellock in the last decades of the 16th century
Paolo De Montis Introduction One of Marco Morin’s most important contributions to hoplological literature was certainly his research into the German origin of the wheellock system, research often in conflict withthe studies of another eminent scholar, Claude Blair, according to whom the wheellock system was first created in Italy. The dating of the two sources…
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A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour
Illustrated from the collection formerly in the India Office, Now Exhibited at South Kensington, and the Author’s Private Collection. With a map, Twenty-Three Full-page Plates (Two Colored), and Numerous Woodcuts with An Introductory Sketch of the Military History of India by The Right Hon. Lord Egerton of Tatton, M.A., 1896 As the catalogue originally drawn…
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The Spanish Escopeta
July 27, 2019 | Historical ArmsUgly yet functional, the Escopeta Miquelet defended the SpanishEmpire in Western America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Guns of the Munich Court Workshop and other German Wheellock Guns of the Period
Charles S. Hendricks
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Der Blockbau
E I N F A C H B U C HZ U R E R Z I E H U N G W E R K G E R E C H T E N G E S T A L T E N SI N H O L ZV O NHERMANN PHLEPS
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German Tool & Blade Makers – 1850 to 2000
A guide to Manufacturers and distributors. their trademarks and Brand Names, 1850 – 2000. John Walter