Title: Lighthouses of South Africa
Author: Gerald Hoberman
Publisher: Gerald & Marc Hoberman Collection
Pocket Edition. Cape Town, South Africa 2011
ISBN 9781919939865 / ISBN 978-1-919939-86-5
Hardcover, 11x21 cm, 160 pages, throughout colour photos
This pocket edition of Lighthouses of South Africa is profusely illustrated with dramatic photographs taken by world-renowned master photographer Gerald Hoberman from the land, the sea and the air (as well as photographs of some of the mechanisms and optics of the lighthouses). A real treasure trove, Lighthouses of South Africa features all 45 operational lighthouses and beacons along the South African coast. It includes breathtaking scenery and highlights the romance of men who have gone to sea in ships along the perilous coastline of Africa's Cape of Storms.
A handy and fascinating insight into the features and technical innovations of lighthouses, this edition also gives a brief overview of lighthouses since the earliest known light at Pharos in the Ancient World. Celebrating the many lives and ships saved from the treacherous currents and tempestuous seas off the coast of South Africa - paying homage to the fortitude of its intrepid lighthouse keepers and the ingenuity of the men who designed, built and maintain these beacons of hope.
Chart
Showing lighthouse locations in South Africa
Foreword
Introduction
Map of Marine Casualties in Southern African Waters, 1552 to 1913
Aids to navigation in the 21st century
LIGHTHOUSES
Green Point (Cape Town)
The first lighthouse in South Africa and headquarters of the South African Lighthouse Services
Western Cape
Cape Agulhas
Cape Columbine
Cape Hangklip
Cape Infanta
Cape Point
Cape Seal
Cape St Blaize
Cape St Martin
Danger Point
Dassen Island
Doringbaai
Milnerton
Mouille Point
North. Head
Quoin Point
Robben Island
Roman Rock
Seal Island
Slangkoppunt
South Head
Stompneuspunt
Struispunt
Ystervarkpunt
Northern Cape
Groenriviermond
Hondeklipbaai
Port Nolloth
Eastern Cape
Bird Island
Cape Hermes
Cape Morgan
Cape Recife
Deal
Glendower
Great Fish Point
Hill
Hood Point
Mbashe
Seal Point (Cape St Francis)
South Sand Bluff
KwaZulu-Natal
Bluff
Cape St Lucia
Cape Vidal
Cooper
Durnford
Green Point (KwaZulu-Natal)
Ifafa Beach
Jesser Point
North Sand Bluff
Port Shepstone
Richards Bay
Tugela
Umhlanga Rocks
Glossary
Lighthouse Listing
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