Covers the roles played by fortifications in the settlement of North America, and features major sites such as The Alamo and the Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía in Texas, the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas in Florida, and the Presidio of San Diego and Fort Guijarros in California.
Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents, who runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. He has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin-American subjects. Stephen Walsh studied Art at the North East Wales Institute and has worked as a professional illustrator since 1988. Since then he has illustrated a variety of books and games including the Settlers of Catan. His projects for Osprey include such diverse subjects as the battle of Otterburn, the Chinese army from 1937 to 1949 and the US Home Front in World War II. He is married with two children and lives in Macclesfield.
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