fanal

“Université se fondait, tâtonnant à travers mille obstacles, mais guidée par ce fanal qui jamais ne s'éteint, le souci de former l'âme populaire.”

The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921

“The word _lanterne_ is unknown, for the nautical _fanal_ invariably takes its place.”

All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways

“By the fifteenth day of the month of March, the governor had thoroughly prepared the fleet -- which consisted of five ships, four galleys with poop-lanterns [_galeras de fanal_], three galliots, four champans, three funeas, two English lanchas, two brigantines, one barca chata [23] for the artillery, and thirteen fragatas with high freeboard.”

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

“By the fifteenth day of the month of March, the governor had thoroughly prepared the fleet -- which consisted of five ships, four galleys with poop-lanterns [galeras de fanal], three galliots, four champans, three funeas, two English lanchas, two brigantines, one barca chata [194] for the artillery, and thirteen fragatas with high freeboard.”

History of the Philippine Islands

“James Toseland in his fanal MotoGP race befor returning to World Superbikes finished 12th for the Yamaha Tech 3 team.”

Entertainment - Female First

“On the right hand, as you enter the port, there is an elegant fanal, or lighthouse, kept in good repair: but in all the charts of this coast which I have seen, this lanthorn is laid down to the westward of the harbour; an error equally absurd and dangerous, as it may mislead the navigator, and induce him to run his ship among the rocks, to the eastward of the lighthouse, where it would undoubtedly perish.”

Travels through France and Italy