Heligoland, Past and Present

Heligoland, Past and Present
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Total Pages : 115
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ISBN-10 : 9781847531902
ISBN-13 : 1847531903
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Book Synopsis Heligoland, Past and Present by : Alex Ritsema

Download or read book Heligoland, Past and Present written by Alex Ritsema and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-04-13 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heligoland (spelled “Helgoland†in German) consists of two small German islands in the southeast of the North Sea, some 50 kilometres from the German mainland. The main – and the only inhabited - island has a length of less than two kilometres but it is one of the top-tourist destinations of northwest Germany. This book contains the first comprehensive history of Heligoland in the English language, including: its unique geology (with its cliffs and fossils); its seals, birds and plants; its legends of saints and pirates; its wreckers, fishermen, hunters and pilots; its turbulent military history, from the Middle Ages to the Nazis; accounts of eyewitnesses from various centuries; many line drawings, some historic ones and some made by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.


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