Lighthouses of the World Coloring Book

by John Batchelor

Overview

Coloring book fans and admirers of those lonely sentinels by the sea will treasure this ready-to-color collection of 30 authentic lighthouses — from ancient days to the present. Included are accurate depictions of the ancient Pharos light in Alexandria, Egypt (one of the Seven Wonders of the World); a 2,000-year-old Roman lighthouse in England; the Bugio light off the Portuguese coast — built in 1775; an early 18th-century pillared construction in Riga, Latvia; and 26 other sturdy structures, among them: Cloch Point, Scotland (1797); Green Point in Cape Town, South Africa (1824); Biscayne Bay, United States (1825); Europa Point, Gibraltar (1841); Farewell Spit on Golden Bay, New Zealand (1897); Fastnet Rock in West Cork, Ireland (1906); and Brockton Point in Vancouver, Canada (1915). Extensive captions accompany the detailed drawings, citing location, and historical data for each lighthouse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486436852
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	12/17/2004
Series:	Dover World History Coloring Books
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

Alexandria, Egypt
Dover, United Kingdom
Genoa, Italy
Damietta, Egypt
Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Lisbon, Portugal
Algiers, Algeria
Cloch Point, Scotland
Riga, Latvia
Cape Town, South Africa
Key Biscayne, United States
Europa Point, Gibraltar
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
West Quoddy Head, United States
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Bay of Biscay, Spain
Assateague Island, United States
Brittany, France
Selangor, Malaysia
Bremerhaven, Germany
Point St. George, United States
Golden Bay, New Zealand
San Francisco, United States
Victoria, Australia
West Cork, Ireland
Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Murano, Italy
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Kent, United Kingdom