Eddystone lighthouse

Lighthouse: Eddystone Lighthouse

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The life Henry Winstanley, an Essex-born legend, who built the first Eddystone Lighthouse but perished inside it during one of the countries biggest storms.

Bishop Rock is a small rocky ledge jutting out of the sea, 4 miles west of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. The rock rises from a depth of 4...

Arguably the most famous lighthouse ever, and the prototype for building lighthouses on bare rocks in mid-ocean. The Eddystone Reef lying 14 miles off Plymouth exacted a terrible toll of ships and men in the age of sail, estimated at perhaps one ship per week by Lloyd's of London insurers in 1800. Finally in1698 Henry Winstanley a wealthy etcher, showman, publicist , eccentric and ship owner had an 18 foot high wooden lighthouse built on a 16 foot granite base, topped with a wrought iron…

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‘Sea coast. Farewell’ was created in 1868 by Ivan Aivazovsky in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of marina at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.