Falmouth
Falmouth

Author: Ann Sears

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2002-02-25

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439611343

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For hundreds of years, people have been drawn to Falmouth, the town of the "shining sea," immortalized by Falmouth native Katherine Lee Bates in her poem America, the Beautiful. Quakers, farmers, whaling captains, marine scientists, Coast Guardsmen, summer residents, Portuguese immigrants from the Azores and Cape Verde Islands, vacationers, and retiring World War II veterans have all found a special place in Falmouth. The photographs in Falmouth celebrate these people and the town they have built. Through the eyes of nearly fifty photographers, these views capture the glorious natural and architectural heritage that has defined the three-hundred-and-forty-year history of this Cape Cod community. From the spare lines of the Quaker meetinghouse and the poorhouse to the spires of churches and the elaborate summer "cottages" of Falmouth's golden age in the 1880s, these vintage photographs offer a rich visual tour through the town's history. Unforgettable images of people-whalers posing for the camera on rare trips home, fishermen returning to port, cranberry pickers, and wealthy summer residents playing croquet in summer whites-combine to show the unique community that is Falmouth.

The Levelling Sea
The Levelling Sea

Author: Philip Marsden

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780007174546

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The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime revolution took place in England that would contribute more than anything to the transformation of the country from a small rebel state on the fringes of Europe into a world power. Until then, it was said, there was only one Englishman capable of sailing across the Atlantic. Yet within ten years an English ship with an English crew was circumnavigating the world. At the same time in Cornwall, in the Fal estuary, just a single building - a lime kiln - existed where the port of Falmouth would emerge. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, Falmouth would be one of the busiest harbours in the world. 'The Levelling Sea' uses the story of Falmouth's spectacular rise and fall to explore wider questions about the sea and its place in history and imagination. Drawing on his own deep connection with Cornwall, award-winning author Philip Marsden writes unforgettably about the power of the sea and its ability to produce greed on a piratical scale, dizzying corruption, and grand and tragic aspirations.

Falmouth-by-the-Sea
Falmouth-by-the-Sea

Author:

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780332486536

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Excerpt from Falmouth-by-the-Sea: The Naples of America Major Copeland, author of Landscape Gardening, says, Falmouth will become as popular a place as Newport or Long Branch, and is possessed of ten times the attractions of the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The 54
The 54

Author: Mimi Schlichter

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780996330848

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54 images of paintings created April 1, 2021 through May 24, 2021 to celebrate the beach parking lots being open and available this year, in contrast to last year when they were closed