Lang, A. W. (Development, Construction and Management of the system of aids-to-navigation at the German Coast of the North Sea up to the middle of the 19^th Century.) Bonn 1965. Sm.-4to. 7 unnumbered ll., 162 pp. With 164 ills. Orig. cloth with ills. jacket.

IN GERMAN . – THE  FIRST  MONOGRAPH  FOR  NORTH-WEST-EUROPE , in consideration of the neighboring countries, too, comprehensively also the economic, practical and technical history and development of the system of aids-to-navigation in the German Bight. Scientifically represented and opened by extensive indices – sources + literature, localities, persons, and subjects (26 pp.) – with the sections Establishment of the system of aids-to-navigation of single seaports – Management of the system of aids-to-navigation – The aids-to-navigation (natural, beacons, sea buoys, lights + lightships) – View over the further development of the system of aids-to-navigation from the middle of the 19^th century up to 1930 – German-English-French summary . – And the whole richly illustrated by views widely published for the first time, plans and workshop drawings from the 15^th to the 19^th centuries. – Autograph dedication by the author for the well-known Amsterdam antiquarian map-dealer C. Broekema, fire-freshly of Dec. 4, 1965, on the end-paper.
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