Accurately illustrated scenes depict the lives of skilled navigators who sailed the South Pacific over 4,500 years ago. Detailed illustrations include men hollowing out logs for canoes, using nets and spears to fish, at sea in a large double-hulled canoe with masts, preparing for war, and manning huge battleships. 29 black-and-white illustrations. Dover Original.
Lighthouses of the World by John Batchelor Thirty authentic sentinels include accurate depictions of the ancient Pharos light in Alexandria, Egypt (one of the Seven Wonders of the World); an early 18th-century construction in Riga, Latvia; and 28 other structures.
