Maps of War by Ashley & Miles Baynton-Williams

Maps of War "Graze across the bloody battlefields of the past, as seen through the eyes of history's greatest military commanders. 

Spanning five centuries of warfare, here are 130 stunning contemporary maps, as used by the likes of Napoleon, Wellington, Nelson and Robert E. Lee to plan, execute or commemorate their most famous victories.  From the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh between England and Scotland in 1547 - the earliest map printed in the British Isles - to the Boer War at the end of the 19th Century; from plans for the  advance of the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar to Napoleon's retreat from Moscow; and from the entrenchments of Bunker Hill to the plains of Waterloo, Maps of War presents an extraordinary range of battles on land and sea, painstakingly depicted by the cartographers of the time. ..."

Hardcover. Large book:  17" x 14", 1 1/2" thick. 

9781847242068