1986 Exploration of a Drowned Landscape: Archaeology and History of the Isles of Scilly

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First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, second impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper.

This principally archaeological work studies every aspect of the Isles of Scilly, from its lost Roman temple, to Lord Tennyson's visit, to its past 5,000-acre forest. An authoritative work lavishly illustrated with maps, line drawings, and photographs.

Written by Charles Thomas (1928-2016), a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991.