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Peter Williams
190 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780764153495
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Publication date: 31 December 1999
Description
Describes ancient lighthouses built by the Phoenicians and Greeks, then details development of lighthouses from seventeenth-century wood-fired beacons to today's state-of-the-art solar-powered lights. Readers are treated to a fascinating chronicle...
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![Beacon on the Rock: A Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day by Peter Williams](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-a3ae92250eb3301e32dc3eabf8d50576c2f047dda89f6ee7cfa9a859cb1fd746.jpg)
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Peter Williams
190 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780764153495
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Publication date: 31 December 1999
Description
Describes ancient lighthouses built by the Phoenicians and Greeks, then details development of lighthouses from seventeenth-century wood-fired beacons to today's state-of-the-art solar-powered lights. Readers are treated to a fascinating chronicle...