Download or read book The Picturesque Mediterranean, Vol. 1 written by J. Macwhirter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Picturesque Mediterranean, Vol. 1: Its Cities, Shores, and Islands Pirates' nest itself to his predecessor of old times. The arms of Tarifa are a castle on waves, with a key at the window, and the device is not unaptly symbolical of her mediaeval history, when her possessors played janitors of the Strait, and merrily levied blackmail - the irregular tan]? Of those days - upon any vessel which desired to pass. The little town itself is picturesquely situated in the deepest embrace of the curving Strait, and the view looking westward - with the lighthouse rising sharp and sheer against the sky, from the jutting cluster of rock and building about its base. 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.