World Atlas of Lighthouses: From architectural solutions and technical equipment to centuries-old secrets and legends
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In this unusual journey to the most remote lighthouses on the planet, you will get acquainted not only with the features of their architecture, internal device and technical equipment, but also with many fascinating stories associated with the construction of lighthouses and their caretakers, with shipwrecking and mystical incidents. This is a story about a blind brown brown over the polar circle, about the harsh of the sailors of a fearless girl who came to the aid of the ghost, about the ghost of the midshipman, who is on the lighthouse every night and tapping on the typewriter, some confrontation, about a strange person who preferred to hide from everyone in the tower in the tower in the tower in the tower The open sea ... In these stories, the motives and creative horizons of Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe converge, Virginia Wolfe, who spent childhood in the lighthouse, Redyard Kipling, Ray Bradbury and other great writers who sought to tell the world about loneliness, anxiety, courage and happiness.
The text is accompanied by magnificent illustrations, marine cards and large -scale plans indicating the exact coordinates of the beacons and their technical characteristics - the scheme of each beacon in the context is given, its exact coordinates and parameters of the light signal, the engineer, the construction and commissioning time are called, is indicated. Whether the lighthouse is functioning now or abandoned, what is the height of its tower, the height of fire above sea level, the range of visibility of fire, and many other interesting information is given.
“Before you is not just a book about lighthouses. This is a way to know ourselves, reflected in the mirror of human nature, ask the question of whether we are able to live alone and how dependent on each other in the struggle for survival. ” (Jose Luis Gonzalez Masias)
The text is accompanied by magnificent illustrations, marine cards and large -scale plans indicating the exact coordinates of the beacons and their technical characteristics - the scheme of each beacon in the context is given, its exact coordinates and parameters of the light signal, the engineer, the construction and commissioning time are called, is indicated. Whether the lighthouse is functioning now or abandoned, what is the height of its tower, the height of fire above sea level, the range of visibility of fire, and many other interesting information is given.
“Before you is not just a book about lighthouses. This is a way to know ourselves, reflected in the mirror of human nature, ask the question of whether we are able to live alone and how dependent on each other in the struggle for survival. ” (Jose Luis Gonzalez Masias)
Author:
Author:Гонсалес Масиас Х.Л.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Religion & Spiritually
- Category:Culture
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-20120-0
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