Light Houses Galore

Escape into these spectacular color photographs of more than 50 of the world's most beautiful lighthouses. They hail from North American shores such as the Outer Banks, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and the California and Oregon coasts, as well as throughout the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the South Pacific, Asian waters, and the Caribbean...

Lighthouses hold a perennial fascination for all sorts of people - an indicator of danger, a beacon of the sea, laced with history and romance and a magnet for coastal walkers, holiday makers and tourists...

At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, and sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now that civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all...

From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs...

Dos obras integran esta edicion homenaje: El faro del fin del mundo, novela  de aventuras ambientada en los magnificos paisajes de la isla de los Estados en la Patagonia argentina y El fin del mundo y su faro, un texto de Carlos Valle donde nos cuenta la historia de la region, desde los corsarios y piratas que arribaron en el siglo XVI hasta los balleneros, loberos, los innumerables naufragios, los buscadores de oro y estancieros del siglo XIX y tambien refiere a la construccion del faro en 1884 (el primero de la Argentina y el mas austral del mundo) y su desactivacion, hasta llegar a su reciente reconstruccion por la iniciativa y el trabajo de un admirable grupo de franceses y argentinos...

At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, and sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now that civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all...

This personal story couples themes of home and family with bold, vibrant artwork to create a touching story about overcoming separation anxiety. Forced to confront her concern for her fisherman father’s safety, a young girl from a small village learns to find faith and security in her family...

This superb, profusely illustrated survey by noted authority recounts the history of seamarks from antiquity to the early 19th century. Chronicling both the construction of the towers and the methods of illumination, the text offers a wealth of technical data in highly readable form, plus 261 black-and-white illustrations.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process...