Bermuda

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Bermuda
Gardens Houses
Photographs by Ian Macdonald-Smith Text by Sylvia Shorto
B
ERMUDA IS oNLY twenty square miles in size, but with its ravishing beaches and islets, sparkling azure waters, and lush vegetation, it has long been considered one of the most beautifial places in the world. First settled by English colonists shipwrecked on their way to Virginia in 1609, Bermuda still retains its status as a self-governing colony of Great Britain. Today it is a popular luxury vacation destination that preserves the unique charm of its small towns, colonial architecture, traditional cricket matches and yacht races, and the incomparable namral beauty of its harbors and countryside, all framed by the sea and fanned by gentle breezes.
This volume gives an insider's view of Bermuda—actually a collection of more than three hundred islands—with breathtaking color photographs of its picturesque towns and yacht-dotted bays; white-roofed, pastel-tinted cottages; estates and their... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Bermuda
Gardens Houses
Photographs by Ian Macdonald-Smith Text by Sylvia Shorto
B
ERMUDA IS oNLY twenty square miles in size, but with its ravishing beaches and islets, sparkling azure waters, and lush vegetation, it has long been considered one of the most beautifial places in the world. First settled by English colonists shipwrecked on their way to Virginia in 1609, Bermuda still retains its status as a self-governing colony of Great Britain. Today it is a popular luxury vacation destination that preserves the unique charm of its small towns, colonial architecture, traditional cricket matches and yacht races, and the incomparable namral beauty of its harbors and countryside, all framed by the sea and fanned by gentle breezes.
This volume gives an insider's view of Bermuda—actually a collection of more than three hundred islands—with breathtaking color photographs of its picturesque towns and yacht-dotted bays; white-roofed, pastel-tinted cottages; estates and their beautifiil interiors; bright, subtropical gardens; graceful churches; and verdant landscape. Following the old Railway Trail that spans the island, writer Sylvia Shorto takes the reader on a leisurely tour of Bermuda, relating impressions of its history, architecture, and traditions.
Shakespeare celebrated Bermuda as paradise on earth in The Tempest, and throughout the years the island's bucolic character has charmed writers and painters, visiting royalty and American magnates (Vincent Astor built a lavish estate there in 1930, complete with a salt-water aquarium and private railway), and enterprising mariners and merchants. Its distinctive limestone architecture shows the slow evolution of English traditions into a subtropical style characterized today by buildings often painted in pastel colors that reflect the vibrant natural environment.
Ian Macdonald-Smith is a well-known photographer in Bermuda, where he lives in Flatts Village; he has published two previous books on the island. Art historian Sylvia Shorto is currently a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York. Her dissertation is on the architecture of the British colonies. Vissza