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Southern lighthouses : Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico by photographs by Bruce Roberts; text by Ray Jones is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Southern lighthouses : Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico about?

Sixteen lighthouses were built before the Revolution; hundreds more have been built since, creating the world's most complex system of navigational aid. No other national lighthouse system compares with that of the United States in size and diversity of architecture and engineering. <p>From the Maryland shore to the Florida Panhandle and across the Gulf Coast, the 50 lighthouses profiled in this volume have stood sentinel through a thousand stormy nights. In magnificent photos and in fascinating narrative, this beautiful book captures the tumultuous history and enigmatic power of these life-saving beacons of the sea. 85 photos, 55 in color. 5 maps.</p>

Author

photographs by Bruce Roberts; text by Ray Jones

Publisher

Old Saybrook, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781564406446

Subjects

Business, Military