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Author : Sharma Krauskopf
Publisher : Sharma Krauskopf
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780862818036
Author : Michael A. W. Strachan
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781445658407
A fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses.
Author : Donald S Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1849173273
Author : Tristram Clarke
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781788853286
The revised and updated 7th edition of the bestselling guide to easily discovering more about your Scottish ancestry. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Archives’ official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills. “Excellent help with every phase of genealogical research . . . This book will be a valuable finding aid for many people using the Scottish Record Office, and by no means only for the family historian.” —Books in Scotland “Includes the sort of online sources that have transformed the field since its first publication in 1990, this guide is indispensable for the serious investigator.” —The Scotsman
Author : Roger O'Reilly
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786788122
Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain's top 100 lighthouses, each one illustrated by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly. This is a unique celebration of 100 of the most dramatic and storied lighthouses along the coasts of Britain. Illustrated with fantastic retro art by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly, this guide to the sentinels that guard Britain's shores is aimed at walkers, art lovers, maritime and countryside enthusiasts, and anyone who just loves lighthouses!. From the Lizard in Cornwall to Muckle Flugga at the northern tip of the Shetlands, and out to the forbidding rock stations that lie offshore in the path of ferocious and unforgiving seas, Roger O'Reilly has selected the very best of Britain's lighthouses with all their sea legends, folklore and tales of ghosts, shipwrecks and endurance. Including: Souter on the Sunderland coast, reputed to be haunted by Grace Darling’s niece Isabella, who lived here in the late 1880s. Staff have reported spoons floating in mid-air, unexplained temperature drops, and even being clutched by unseen hands. Ardnamurchan in the far west of Scotland, so remote that its builders came down with scurvy, and fresh fruit and vegetables along with a doctor had to be shipped out to help them. Trinity Buoy Wharf – who knew there was a lighthouse in the heart of London? It's now home to the Longplayer, a continuous 1,000-year long piece of music that will run until 31st December 2999. Smalls, off the Pembrokeshire coast, where in 1801 one keeper died and the other went mad, waiting almost four months for rescue while his dead colleague, fastened to the outside rail because the corpse had started to decompose, stared through the window at him accusingly. Lundy South, occupied by Barbary pirates during the 1600s, and in the 18th century the base of Thomas Benson, one time MP for Barnstaple and Devon’s most notorious smuggler.
Author : D. Alan Stevenson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780486157085
This superb, profusely illustrated survey by noted authority recounts the history of seamarks from antiquity to the early 19th century. 261 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Sharma Krauskopf
Publisher : Sharma Krauskopf
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780954336738
Information on the lighthouses in the Shetland and Orkney Islands in Scotland.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HXGRMZ
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024881136
Author : Toby Chance,Peter Williams
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780091044
The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1851: James Chance, of the glass-making firm Chance Brothers, is nervously showcasing a new lens, that, unknown to him, will revolutionise lighthouse production, propel his family business into a position of world leadership, save countless lives and have far-reaching consequences for trade, empire and the map of the world.This is where "Lighthouses" begins. The true-life story that follows is of one man and his family's unexpected role in an exciting race to perfect this technology, against European rivals and colleagues, as they strive to regain for Britain the leadership position she had lost to the French in the 1820s.This fascinating story places James Chance and the Chance Brothers firm against the backdrop of a time in which lighthouse manufacture was transformed from a craft into a scientific, high-precision industry. As a tool for globalisation, and with immense strategic and economic value, lighthouses helped to establish a network of communications that transformed the trade maps of countries and empires.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Meteorology
ISBN : NYPL:33433110019829
Author : Bill Caldwell
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781461744702
From Grand Manan to Mount Desert to the Isles of Shoals on the New Hampshire border, sixty-eight lighthouses stand along the coast of Maine and her rivers. In his conversational way, Bill Caldwell leads his readers on a historical tour of nearly all the Maine lighthouses. In Caldwell's hands the legends, lore, and history of the impressive signals come to life. Maine's lighthouses are symbols of it's proud maritime heritage, and of a way of life that has long passed. Who better to pass on the traditions than master story-teller Bill Caldwell. In addition to numerous books about Maine, Bill Caldwell wrote regular columns for the Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sunday Telegram. He was an ardent sailor, and his sixteen years sailing among the Maine islands gave him a unique insight into Maine's people and culture. He died at his home in Arizona in January 2001.
Author : Keith McCloskey
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750957410
What really happened to the mysteriously vanished lighthouse keepers—a true story, evocative of The ShiningOn December 26, 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with relief lighthouse men and fresh provisions. Staffed by three keepers, the lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but no light had been seen from Eilean Mor for 10 days. Upon arrival, the superintendent, Robert Muirhead, found the lighthouse to be completely deserted, and a subsequent search of the surrounding island failed to show any sign of what happened to the keepers. The last entry in the lighthouse logbook had been made on December 15, and contained a number of strange and distressing entries that offered clues as to the mental state of the men. One was reported to have been crying, while another had become "very quiet." When it was revealed that the men's oilskin coats were missing and the clock in the lighthouse had stopped, inevitable theories surrounding the keepers' fates were soon put forward. These included a giant wave washing them away, murder and suicide by the men themselves, and more esoteric explanations, as Eilean Mor was believed to have mystical properties. This book explores this mysterious and chilling story in depth for the first time and reveals a shocking conclusion.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1073782862
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066174729
"Smeaton and Lighthouses" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.