Charlestown
The history of a Cornish seaport
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Descripción editorial
Charlestown, a World Heritage Site seaport on the south
coast of Cornwall, England, made famous in the TV series Poldark,
has survived virtually undeveloped and
unchanged in appearance since 1789, when it was built by Charles
Rashleigh. For 200 years it imported coal, lime, barrel staves and
timber, exporting first tin and copper, then china clay. This book is
the only complete history of the port ever published, Charlestown being
owned entirely by one family until 1987.