Lighthouses
Plisson, Philip2005
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As beacons of safety alerting sailors at sea, lighthouses have been a part of the coastal landscape for thousands of years. This book traces the history of these powerful beacons from the first known structure, built in Alexandria Egypt in 300 BCE, through to today's fully-automated behemoths.
Main title:
Lighthouses / [photographs by] Philip Plisson ; text by Francis Dreyer ; drawings by Daniel Dufour.
Imprint:
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Collation:
75 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
0810959631 (hbk)
Dewey class:
387.1'55387.155
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1745005
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