Fort Jesus : a Portuguese fortress on the East African Coast /

Kirkman, James S.

Fort Jesus : a Portuguese fortress on the East African Coast / [by] James Kirkman. - Oxford, Eng. : Clarendon Press, 1974. - xvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - British Institute in Eastern Africa. no. 4 . - British Institute in Eastern Africa. Memoir ; no. 4. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-173) and index.

PART I. THE BUILDINGS : 1. History and General Description of the Fort - 2. Main Court ; Walls, Gate, Barrack Blocks, Well, Church, Cistern - 3. Passages to the Outwork - 4. Captain's House, Gun-Platform, and Audience Room of the Mazrui - 5. Angle Towers - 6. Bastion of S. Alberto - 7. Bastion of S. Filipe - 8. Bastion of S. Matias - 9. Bastion of S. Mateus - 10. Perimeter Wall, Ditch, and Outwork - 11. Building Materials and Methods - 12. Literary and Iconographical Material -- PART II. THE FINDS : 13. The Ceramics ; Unglazed Wares - The Ceramics (cont.) ; Imported Earthenware, Indian, Islamic - Islamic Glazed Earthenware - Chinese Porcelain - Chinese and Related Stoneware - Unidentified Glazed Wares - Portuguese and Other European Wares - Nineteenth-Century English and European Porcelain and China - 14. Glass - 15. Beads ; Glass, Other, Tables - 16. Cannon and Cannon-balls - 17. Minor Objects ; Crucibles and Stone Vessels - Ornaments - Implements - Fittings - Coins.

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Fortification--Kenya--Mombasa.


Fort Jesus (Kenya)

DT434.M7 / K57 1974

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