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The Kent Coast Gravesend to Margate Through Time
Anthony Lane
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Description for The Kent Coast Gravesend to Margate Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Kent Coast has changed and developed over the last century Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Besides having a fascinating geology, the North Kent Coast bears the marks of most periods of our history. The Romans built their fort at Reculver, and the abbey that later occupied that site had direct links with Canterbury Cathedral. The Dutch raided Queenborough and Sheerness in 1667; there was the famous Mutiny at the Nore in 1797; and prisoners were kept in wooden hulks at Sheerness from various other conflicts after that. The offshore waters were known to almost every sailor in the maritime hall of fame. Sir Francis Drake, Sebastian Cabot, Lord Nelson, Sir John Franklin ... Read more
Besides having a fascinating geology, the North Kent Coast bears the marks of most periods of our history. The Romans built their fort at Reculver, and the abbey that later occupied that site had direct links with Canterbury Cathedral. The Dutch raided Queenborough and Sheerness in 1667; there was the famous Mutiny at the Nore in 1797; and prisoners were kept in wooden hulks at Sheerness from various other conflicts after that. The offshore waters were known to almost every sailor in the maritime hall of fame. Sir Francis Drake, Sebastian Cabot, Lord Nelson, Sir John Franklin ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445639963
SKU
V9781445639963
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane has written numerous books on aspects of maritime Kent, from Front Line Harbour, a history of the port of Dover, to various books on Kentish shipwrecks. He was originally from near Ramsgate but now lives in Wiltshire.
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