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The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms

The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms

Smyth, William Henry
Belcher, Edward
Belcher, Edward

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

General Military History

ISBN10: 1108061672
ISBN13: 9781108061674
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 22 2013
Pages: 756
Weight: 2.08
Height: 1.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Admiral William Henry Smyth (1780-1865) went to sea at an early age, becoming a sailor and surveyor with the East India Company, and later moving to Mediterranean waters. A founding member of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830, he spent much of his free time engaged in scientific pursuits. One of his final projects was this 'word-book' of nautical terminology, which he had been compiling throughout his career, and whose publication was eagerly anticipated by his fellow naval officers. Although Smyth died before it was published in 1867, his notes were edited by his family and revised by Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877). Ranging from technical terminology to sailors' slang, Smyth's glossary contains more than 700 pages of definitions, arranged alphabetically, making it an indispensable source on nineteenth-century nautical vocabulary for both maritime historians and sailing aficionados.

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