by Rene Chartrand. Softbound, 64 pages, 7" x 9". This book examined the fortifications of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War. It begins with the forts built by colonists on Roanoke Island and the famous settlements of Jamestown. It moves to the British settlements in New England and Nova Scotia, and Dutch and Swedish forts. Heavily illustrated with black and white and full color drawings, paintings and photographs.