tailieunhanh - Ebook Eyewitness guide: Arms and armour

Ebook Eyewitness guide: Arms and armour help you discover all the different types of arms and armour - from the first prehistoric hand axes used in the Stone age to the battledress of a Japanese Samurai. In-depth facts and stunning photographs make this a perfect resource for projects, reference and discovery. | EYEWITNESS GUIDES Rapier c 1625 Medieval dagger c. 1400 Gauntlet c. 1580 Hintluck pocket pistol c. 1770 Silver-hilted hunting sword c. 1750 Hintlock Tower pistol. Pepperbox revolver c. 1855 SilviT-hilted rube swued e. 1710 c. I860 EYEWITNESS o GUIDES Bullet mould c. 1850 pistol. Powder tlask. c. 1850 German war hammer c. 161X1 Bullets. .1850 I i wdah c. 1850 Belgian crossbow c. 1830 Three Indian arrows Indian knife rith pde hilt c. 18C0 Written by MICHELE BYAM DORLING KINDERSLEY London New York Sydney Moscow 10 9 ISBN 0-86318-271-2 First published in Great Britain in 1988 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 9 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8PS This Eyewitness Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Callimard Nijm Num a ceremonial knife from Sudan Maratha crow-bill war pick from northern India All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Copper dagger of the Kasai people in West Africa Project editor Michele Byam Managing art editor Jane Owen Special photography Dave King Editorial consultant David Harding Copyright 1988 Dorling Kindersley Limited. London and Editions Callimard Paris Text copyright e 1988 Dorling Kindersley Limited. London Illustration copyright 1988 Porting Kindersley Limited London British Library Cataloguing ỉn Publication Data Arms Armour. - Eyewitness . I. Arms and armour -1 listory - Juvenile literature I. Series V800 A DORLING BOOK Chinese sword in wooden sheath clad in tortoisevhell with brass mounts Contents Buffalo horn knuckleduster from southern India Spiked iron bracelet from eastern Sudan Colour reproduction by Colourscan. Singapore Typeset by Windsor Graphics Ringwood Hampshire Printed in Singapore by Toppan Printing Co. S Pte Ltd. 6 Prehistoric weapon