Re: Query Forts in 1633 Recife, Brazil

From: Kerryn Offord (kao16_at_student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: 11/16/04 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:33:46 +1300

Allen Thomson wrote:

> Kerryn Offord <kao16@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote
>
>
>>Does anybody know where I might find information on the design
>>(layout, size) of the Arraial do Bom Jesus
>
>
> There's a Brazilian Army page about Arraial Novo do Bom Jesus at
> http://www.exercito.gov.br/VO/176/arraial.htm . It shows the site
> of the original one, but the text seems pertain to stuff after
> 1645. Perhaps the person cited for the material, Claudio Skora
> Rosty, could help out with the earlier history.
>
> A quick look around didn't find a direct e-mail or him, but he
> taught a course at http://www.fgf.org.br/index.html, so sending
> e-mail to fgf@fgf.org.br might be the thing to do.

Thanks for the idea.. I've got a Portuguese contact who might have
better success.... and have passed the idea on.