The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy W. Finden
Length11h 1m
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain (Vols. 1 & 2) is a richly illustrated survey of Britain's maritime and coastal identity, moving from busy commercial docks to fashionable resorts, fishing towns, ruined castles, cliffs, bays, and estuaries. Its prose combines topographical description, antiquarian notice, and picturesque sentiment, while the engraved views place it within the early nineteenth-century culture of illustrated travel books, where landscape, history, and national pride are carefully interwoven. W. Finden, associated with the celebrated Finden family of engravers, belonged to a world in which visual reproduction helped shape public knowledge of place. His artistic training and publishing milieu encouraged a keen attention to architectural detail, atmospheric scenery, and the social meanings of travel. The volumes reflect the era's expanding tourism, improved transport, and fascination with Britain's coasts as sites of commerce, leisure, and historical memory. This work is recommended to readers interested in British topography, maritime history, Romantic-era travel writing, and the art of engraving. It offers not merely scenic description but a refined visual-literary record of a nation contemplating its shores, its heritage, and its modern identity.
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GenreTravel
Length11 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain (Vol. 1&2)
3Volume 1
4TYNEMOUTH LIGHTHOUSE AND PRIORY.
5LONDON: THE BRIDGES OF LONDON, SOUTHWARK, AND BLACKFRIARS, FROM THE SURREY SIDE.
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6HARWICH.
7YARMOUTH.
8YARMOUTH QUAY.
9YARMOUTH, WITH NELSON'S PILLAR, (FROM THE LOWESTOFT ROAD).
10CROMER.
11KINGSTON-ON-HULL.
12BURLINGTON QUAY.
13FLAMBOROUGH HEAD.
14SCARBOROUGH.
15WHITBY.
16WHITBY, FROM THE NORTH-WEST.
17ROBIN HOOD'S BAY.
18HARTLEPOOL.
19SUNDERLAND, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SOUTH PIER.
20SUNDERLAND. THE BRIDGE FROM THE WESTWARD.
21SHIELDS. ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOUR.
22NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.
23BLYTH.
24TYNEMOUTH. VESSEL ON THE ROCKS.
25CULLERCOATS.
26DUNSTANBROUGH CASTLE, FROM THE EASTWARD.
27DUNSTANBROUGH CASTLE. MOONLIGHT.
28BAMBROUGH CASTLE. FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.
29BAMBROUGH CASTLE.
30CASTLE OF HOLY ISLAND, AND LINDISFARN ABBEY
31CASTLE OF HOLY ISLAND. FROM THE WESTWARD.
32BERWICK. FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.
33LEITH.
34NEWHAVEN.
35DUNDEE. ENTRANCE TO THE PORT.
36DUNDEE. FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TAY.
37THE ABBEY OF ARBROATH.
38MONTROSE.
39DUNNOTTAR CASTLE.
40STONEHAVEN.
41ABERDEEN. GENERAL VIEW.
42ABERDEEN, FROM ABOVE THE CHAIN BRIDGE.
43ABERDEEN LIGHTHOUSE.
44SLAINES CASTLE.
45THE BULLER OF BUCHAN.
46PETERHEAD.
47MACDUFF.
48BANFF.
49PORT GLASGOW.
50GREENOCK.
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