DVR Lighthouses of the World Coloring Book

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.

Dover Original.

• Pages: 32
• Trim Size: 8.25 x 10.8 in
• Age: 8-14
• By John Batchelor

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