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Battle maps and charts of the American Revolution, with explanatory notes and school history references

Battle maps and charts of the American Revolution, with explanatory notes and school history references

Paperback

AtlasesColonial Period (1600-1775)General Military History

ISBN10: 9389169267
ISBN13: 9789389169263
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Open the Revolution on the table and follow it, mile by mile. See the war unfold today. Henry B. Carrington's Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution brings together an illustrated map collection of the conflict that shaped a nation: 1775 1783 war maps charting key American Revolution battles, routes, and turning points across the thirteen colonies geography. Designed as a school history reference yet rich enough for any armchair historian, this military campaign map book pairs clear diagrams with explanatory notes and pointers to standard histories, helping you trace revolutionary war troop movements and understand why terrain, roads, rivers, and supply lines mattered. From coastal approaches to interior marches, it is early American cartography put to practical use, a historical battle map atlas that keeps strategy and place in view. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For teachers seeking a dependable classroom resource, the maps offer instant visual context; for students and casual readers, they make colonial era military campaigns easier to grasp; for collectors of classic US military history maps, Carrington's work stands as a period-minded guide to how nineteenth-century scholars organised and taught the Revolution. It is an important witness to how the Revolution was studied and taught, long before modern atlases standardised the field. Keep it beside your narrative histories, and let the geography explain the drama.

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Colonial Period (1600-1775)