scholarly journals Nicolas Martiau: The Adventurous Huguenot, the Military Engineer, and the Earliest American Ancestor of George Washington

1933 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Carl Wittke ◽  
John Baer Stoudt
Keyword(s):  
George Washington ◽  
Military Engineer ◽  
The Military

scholarly journals Glory Crowned in Marble: Self-promotion of Individuals and Families in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Monuments in Istria and Dalmatia

2019 ◽  
pp. 139-150
Author(s):  
Damir Tulić
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Parish Church ◽  
Military Engineer ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
The Military ◽  
Venetian Republic ◽  
The Town ◽  
The Church ◽  
Commemorative Monuments

Senior representatives of the Venetian Republic inspired distinguished noblemen and rich citizens in Venice, as well as in Terraferma and Stato da Mar, to perpetuate their memory through lavish commemorative monuments that were erected in churches and convents. Their endeavour for self-promotion and their wish to monopolise glory could be detected in the choice of material for the busts that adorned almost every monument: marble. The most elaborate monument of this kind belongs to the Brutti family, erected in 1695 in Koper Cathedral. In 1688 the Town of Labin ordered a marble bust of local hero Antonio Bollani and placed it on the facade of the parish church. Fine examples of family glorification could be found in the capital of Venetian Dalmatia – Zadar. In the Church of Saint Chrysogonus, there is a monument to the provveditore Marino Zorzi, adorned with a marble portrait bust. Rather similar is the monument to condottiere Simeone Fanfogna in Zadar’s Benedictine Church of Saint Mary and the monument to the military engineer Francesco Rossini in Saint Simeon. All these monuments embellished with portrait busts have a common purpose: to ensure the everlasting memory of important individuals. This paper analyses comparative examples, models, artists, as well as the desires of clients or authorities that were able to invest money in self or family promotion, thus creating the identity of success.

The Military Chartmaker

1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Shannon D. Cramer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Present State ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Continental Army ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Military

Like so many Americans in this Bicentennial Year I find myself reflecting more and more on our heritage, the present state of affairs and our future. As Director of the Defense Mapping Agency I am especially aware that I am in a line of succession that can be traced back to Robert Erskine, the first Geographer-Surveyor to the Continental Army under command of George Washington. This has naturally impressed upon me the more than 200-year service that my organization and its predecessors have rendered to the Armed Forces of the United States, and incidentally our maritime fleet.

scholarly journals La Obra del Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros en las Fortalezas de Portobelo y d e La Boca del Chagres en el siglo XVIII.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-109
Author(s):  
Leonardo Casini
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
The Real ◽  
Military Engineer ◽  
New Models ◽  
Caribbean Area ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Military ◽  
Real Academia

Las obras defensivas de Portobelo y del Chagre en la costa caribeña panameña representan un testimonio importante sobre la aplicación en el Nuevo Mundo, de modelos de fortificaciones desarrolladas en Eu-ropa entre los siglos XVI y XVIII.Las fortificaciones de Panamá fueron proyectadas por el ingeniero italiano Battista Antonelli a finales del siglo XVI, en el ámbito de un amplio plan estratégico de defensa regional para el área del Caribe. Las obras que se ejecutaron están entre las primeras aplicaciones en América de la tipología de la “Fortificazione alla Moderna”, así como, se realizaron en Italia y seguidamente, se perfeccionaron en el teatro bélico Europeo. Después del ataque inglés llevado a cabo por el almirante Vernon en 1740, la Corona Española decide proceder a un nuevo y detallado plan de redefinición de sitios que contará en la obra, principal-mente, con los ingenieros del Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros, Ignacio Sala y Manuel Hernández, quienes actualizarán los sitios de Portobelo y el Chagre de acuerdo con los nuevos modelos planteados en Francia a finales del siglo XVII, por Vauban.La comparación de las soluciones adoptadas permite observar la evolución de los modelos de fortifica-ciones dentro de un lapso de tiempo de casi ciento cincuenta años. En paralelo, el análisis de los acon-tecimientos proyectuales y constructivos permiten recorrer el crecimiento de la figura del ingeniero mi-litar en España y la evolución de su retrotierra cultural y formativo que culmina con la fundación del “Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros” en 1711 y de la “Real Academia Militar de Matemáticas de Barcelona”.   Abstract The defensive works of Portobelo and Chagre on the Caribbean coast of Panama represent an important testimony of the application in the New World of models of fortifications developed in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.The fortifications of Panama were designed by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli at the end of the 16th century, within the framework of a comprehensive regional defense strategic plan for the Caribbean area. The works that were executed are among the first applications in America of the typology of the "Fortificazione alla Moderna", as well as, they were developed in Italy and later, perfected in the European war theater. After the English attack carried out by admiral Vernon in 1740, the Spanish Crown decides to proceed to a new and detailed plan of redefinition of sites that will have in the work, mainly with the engineers of the “Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros”, Ignacio Sala and Manuel Hernández, who will update the sites of Portobello and Chagre according to the new models developed in France in the late 17th century by Vauban.The comparison of the adopted solutions allows to observe the evolution of the models of fortifications within a temporal arc of time of almost one hundred and fifty years. At the same time, the analysis of the projective and constructive events allows to traverse the development of the figure of the military engineer in Spain and the evolution of its cultural and formative background culminating with the foun-dation of the “Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros” in 1711 and the “Real Academia Militar de Matemáticas de Barcelona”.

scholarly journals THE CREATIVE WORK OF ARCHITECTOR PIERRE RICAUD DE TIRREGAILLE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (13) ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Taras
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
National Library ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Military Engineer ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
Military Engineering ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City

In this article we examine the figure of the military engineer, geometer, architect Pierre Rico de Tirregaille (Tirrgaille, French Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille, Ricaud (Ricaut, Ryko) Pierre de Tirregaille (Tirgaille)). The years of his activity (about 1725 - after 1772) are relatively well known to researchers. But his biography remains unknown, except for the period of activity in the Commonwealth. Analysis of the results of previous research has shown that scientific research has been conducted in several areas. The first area includes research on biographical information about the architect. The second area includes studies on various projects that Pierre Rico de Tirregail commissioned. Manuscripts and graphics are important sources for finding out about Pierre Rico de Tirregail and his design work. They are stored in the archives of Warsaw, Krakow, the National Heritage Institute in Warsaw and the National Library of France in Paris. Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille was born around 1725 in a French noble family in the district of Tiregale in Provence. His professional education was improved in Barcelona under the guidance of engineer Francis Ricode de Tierreagil. In the territory of the Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth he worked from 1752 to 1762. We distinguish three periods in the activity of the architect: I - Warsaw (1752–1757), II - Lviv (1757–1760) and III - Warsaw (1760–1762). Most orders were received by the architect from several magnate families: Branicki, Potocki, Mniszeck, and others. The first mention of Pierre Rico de Tirregail's stay in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth dates back to 1752, when he received the rank of lieutenant in the infantry regiment of the Grand Crown Hetman Jan Kliment Branicki (1689–1771). In the architect's portfolio were included: the project and management of installation works on the water supply of the garden and menagerie in the city of Bialystok, the project of the palace with a garden in the city of Krystynopol, the palace in the village Pespa, a project of the Palace Chatsky-Felinsky in Lviv, a project for the modernization of the palace for Anthony Bielsky. Probably, the palace garden for the Greek Catholic Metropolitans in Lviv and the palace with a garden in Krakovets are his work as well. Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille also made a detailed plan of the city of Warsaw on a scale of 1:1000 between 1762–1763. After an eleven-year stay in Poland, Pierre Rico de Tirregail moved to Berlin. In Berlin, he received a position in the military engineering corps and a position as a teacher at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia. In 1772, in Potsdam, he published a numismatic treatise devoted to Rossian medals of the eighteenth century.

scholarly journals Foreword: The military engineer and concrete

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Pittman
Keyword(s):  
Military Engineer ◽  
The Military
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