NORTH SEA LIGHTS.

Author: Hahn-Pedersen, Morten, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 103
Illustrations: 54 Color Illustrations. 42 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8790982126
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5731

Price: $49.50

The lighthouse service had its beginnings in classical antiquity in the Mediterranean Sea area and the first Romans introduced the first lighthouses in the North Sea region at Dover in England in the late first century or early second century AD. However, the building of lighthouses around the North sea did not start before the 13th century, when the Hansa flourished. The golden age of North Sea lighthouses was the 19th century when the industrial revolution and colonization caused an enormous expansion in merchant shipping. By the end of the 20th century the transition from terrestrial and astronomical to electronic and satellite navigation systems reduced the need for lightships. Light after light were switched off and many lighthouses ended up as historical monuments. Given the form of a pictorial narrative this book tells the story of North Sea Lights in the eight countries surrounding our common sea.