L’Atlante di Daniele Minutoli. Carte e Relazioni Militari per il Re di Sardegna

Daniel Minutoli, a Swiss officer serving in Royal Sardinian Army between 1734 and 1748, completed his “Rélation des Campagnes faites par S.M. le Roi Charles Emmanuel de Sardaigne et par ses Généraux, avec des Corps séparés, pendant les années 1742 a 1748” in the 1750s. The Rélation consists of five volumes accompanied by a topographic Atlas illustrating the campaigns of the War of Austrian Succession in Northern Italy. Minutoli’s work testifies to the way in which the military science of the time elaborated the operational and tactical experiences of recent military campaigns, not only to extract lessons and general principles, but also to deepen the study of possible theaters of future wars. Obviously the Atlas is an important source not only for military history but also for the archeology and socio-economic history of the ancient Franco-Sabaudian frontier.

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