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"Lighthouse captures the romance of these isolated, life-saving towers in words and contemporary images, along with the inventiveness and incredible feats of engineering it took to create them. This stunning visual exploration features 100 of the most innovative and beautiful lighthouses built during seafaring's golden age, from 1700-1900"--Back cover.
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Lighthouse: an illuminating history of the world's coastal sentinels
2018
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- First U.S. edition.
0316414476 9780316414470
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Prologue: The saga of the Eddystone light
Wonders of the world : a brief history of the lighthouse
Defying the elements : the perilous business of lighthouse building
A light in the darkness : the evolution of lights and lenses
Keepers of the light : splendors and miseries of the lighthouse crews
Epilogue: The end of an era.
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