1 edition of Lighthouses of France found in the catalog.
Lighthouses of France
Jean Guichard
Published
2009
by Flammarion in [Paris]
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Jean Guichard ; text by René Gast ; [translated and adapted from the French by Susan Pickford] |
| Contributions | Gast, René |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | VK1071 .G85 2009 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 143 p. |
| Number of Pages | 143 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27115655M |
| ISBN 10 | 2080301233 |
| ISBN 10 | 9782080301239 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 1001870568, 468125774 |
Lighthouses are today unwatched, automated, keeperless. Silently kindling and dousing their lights, their severance from the land and our own preference for . However the coast of France is just as treacherous and has just as many light's protecting the shipping routes. This is the only book I know of that specifically focuses on the great lights of France. The book has sections on lighthouses in general and, of course, a section that catalogs the different s:
The book also contains reproductions of a number of historical documents about lighthouses: vintage photographs and etchings, extracts from logbooks, and architectural drawings detailing the development in lighthouse and navigational engineering. It is completed by a map of France locating all the lighthouses s: A traditional lighthouse is a tall, rounded tower on land near a coast. Modern lighthouses may be on land or they may be a platform in the sea. The main feature of all lighthouses is a bright light. Lighthouses used to be operated by a lighthouse keeper who lived in the building.
The Romans erected many lighthouse towers in the course of expanding their empire, and by ce there were some 30 in service from the Black Sea to the Atlantic. These included a famous lighthouse at Ostia, the port of Rome, completed in 50 ce, and lighthouses at Boulogne, France, and Dover, England. A fragment of the original Roman lighthouse. Originally this was the rear light of the harbor entrance range. This lighthouse on the Ile d'Yeu stands among the houses in the centre of the island's capital Port-Joinville, fairly near the church. The island is reached from mainland France by ferry all year round from Fromentine. ARLHS # FRA Photo courtesy Angela Bird.
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