Firearms History, Technology & Development

A few posts ago, we left off with the Portuguese discovering a sea route to India and Asia , followed by other European powers, notably the ...

In our last post, we saw a brief description of how crude saltpeter was refined into a higher quality product in India. In today's post...

In our last couple of posts , we saw haw crude saltpeter was produced in various parts of India. In today's post, we will study the pro...

In our last post, we studied how saltpeter was produced in the eastern regions of India , namely Bihar and Bengal. In today's post, we w...

In our last post , we saw how various European countries realized that the eastern regions of India were capable of supplying good quality s...

In our last post, we studied a few details of the regions where saltpeter could be found in India , as well as the establishment of Europea...

In today's post, we will look at a rather important place in the history of firearms, the region that is now the modern day country of I...

In our last post , we looked at how saltpeter was obtained in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. During her reign, England built...

In our previous post, we looked into some early history of saltpeter and gunpowder in England , until the reign of Henry VIII. We will now s...

In today's post, we will cross the Atlantic and take a look at the history of saltpeter and gunpowder trade in England. We know that g...