fortification

Photographs and easy-to-follow text provide information on the history of the Castillo de San Marcos in Florida.

Text and illustrations describe a typical Roman army fort along Hadrian's Wall.

An introduction to castles and forts on all lands through the ages, with methods of construction and uses. Includes related activities and puzzles.

Includes directions for building indoor and outdoor forts from blankets, boxes, leaves, sand, snow, and logs, as well as instructions for making model forts and toy weapons.

Briefly describes in simple text the exploration and building of forts in the Old Northwest territory by LaSalle, Tonty, and Clark.

Presents information on how the Spanish, during their exploration and settlement of Florida and the Southwestern U.S., established missions in an attempt to convert the native Americans to Catholicism, and explains how the missions changed regions where they were established. Includes time line.

Examines the creation of castles as forts from which Christian Crusaders fought to keep control of the Holy Land during the Middle Ages.