16th Century Cast-Bronze Ordnance at the Museu de Angra do Heroismo

Within the collections of the Museu de Angra do Heroismo (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal) are nine cast bronze guns from the 16th century. Most were raised from the seafloor between the 1960s and 1990s, but this study comprises the first in-depth research into their design and manufacture. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoskins, Sara Grace
Other Authors: Crisman, Kevin
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/556