Fort Jesus : a Portuguese fortress on the East African Coast
1974, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476569
ISBN: 0199200351
Series; British Institute in Eastern Africa. Memoir ; no. 4. Physical description; xvi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-173). Contents; Part 1 : The buildings. History and general description of the fort – Main court – Passages to the outwork – Captain's house, gun platform, and audience room of the Mazrui – Angle towers – Bastion of S. Alberto – Bastion of S. Filipe – Bastion of S. Matias – Bastion of S. Mateus – Perimeter wall, ditch, and outwork – Building materials and methods – Literary and iconographical material – Part 2 : The finds. Introduction – The ceramics – Glass – Beads – Cannon and cannon balls – Minor objects. Subjects; Fort Jesus (Kenya) – History. Fortification – Kenya – Mombasa. Portuguese – Kenya – History – 16th-17th centuries. Excavations (Archaeology) – Kenya – Mombasa. Mombasa (Kenya) – Antiquities. Kenya – Antiquities.
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