Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization

BOOK I.

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ANCIENT HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES.

I. The Fire-towers of the Mediterranean, 9 II. The Pharos of Alexandria, 17 III. The “Tour d’Ordre” of Boulogne, 30 IV. The Tower at Dover, 38 V. The Colossus of Rhodes, 43