Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9781847531902
- ISBN-10: 1847531903
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Publish Date: April 2006
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.27 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.39 pounds
- Page Count: 114
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