Author: Peter D. Jeans
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
From hardy Nantucket whalers to Elizabethan sea dogs, from grizzled fishermen in Nova Scotia to the crews of clipper ships, the men who made their living on the sea left as part of their legacy a remarkable contribution to the English language. An astonishing variety of words, sayings, and idiomatic expressions are explained in alphabetically organized entries in this authoritative and entertaining work. Illustrations.
An Ocean of Words
Author: Peter D. Jeans
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
From hardy Nantucket whalers to Elizabethan sea dogs, from grizzled fishermen in Nova Scotia to the crews of clipper ships, the men who made their living on the sea left as part of their legacy a remarkable contribution to the English language. An astonishing variety of words, sayings, and idiomatic expressions are explained in alphabetically organized entries in this authoritative and entertaining work. Illustrations.
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
From hardy Nantucket whalers to Elizabethan sea dogs, from grizzled fishermen in Nova Scotia to the crews of clipper ships, the men who made their living on the sea left as part of their legacy a remarkable contribution to the English language. An astonishing variety of words, sayings, and idiomatic expressions are explained in alphabetically organized entries in this authoritative and entertaining work. Illustrations.
The Sailor's Word-book
Author: William Henry Smyth
Publisher: London : Blackie and son
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Publisher: London : Blackie and son
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Dictionary of Nautical Terms and Phrases
Author: Jules Douady
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Overlook Illustrated Dictionary of Nautical Terms
Author: Graham Blackburn
Publisher: Overlook Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
A useful and illustrated reference to nautical terms with more than 2500 alphabetical entries, often cross-referenced.
Publisher: Overlook Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
A useful and illustrated reference to nautical terms with more than 2500 alphabetical entries, often cross-referenced.
Sailing
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761123873
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Printed in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761123873
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Printed in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
Dictionary of Nautical Words and Terms
Author: C. W. T. Layton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A Dictionary of Nautical Terms
Author: A. G. Course
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Sailor's Word
Author: William Henry Smyth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934757413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Almost 800 pages . 12,764 Definitions. The Most Complete Reference of Its Kind It's one thing to compile a dictionary of nautical terms from the Age of Sail; but it's quite another when the people doing the compiling actually lived them. That is exactly the situation in The Sailor's Word. William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was in the Royal Navy for over 25 years, rising from a ship's boy on a West India merchantman to a Royal Navy Admiral. In addition to commanding several Royal Navy ships, he became world famous as a hydrographer (some of his charts were still in use in the 1960's), and as an astronomer (he eventually became president of the Royal Astronomical Society). The last years of his life, however, were spent compiling The Sailor's Word from his vast storehouse of nautical experience; but he died before he could see it published. His family decided to go forth with the publication of his final work. Their selection of an editor couldn't have been better: Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877). Sir Edward was a Royal Navy officer with even more experience than Smyth. In his 40 years of service he captained numerous ships and generated a well-deserved reputation as a naval surveyor. His final command was of the unsuccessful expedition to find the missing and ill-fated explorer, Sir John Franklin. A cousin of Frederick Marryat, it can be plausibly argued that his novel, Horatio Howard Brenton, was the real model for C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. If you want to understand modern nautical fiction, you have to understand the language they used and the way they actually used it-not the way you think they used it.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934757413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Almost 800 pages . 12,764 Definitions. The Most Complete Reference of Its Kind It's one thing to compile a dictionary of nautical terms from the Age of Sail; but it's quite another when the people doing the compiling actually lived them. That is exactly the situation in The Sailor's Word. William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was in the Royal Navy for over 25 years, rising from a ship's boy on a West India merchantman to a Royal Navy Admiral. In addition to commanding several Royal Navy ships, he became world famous as a hydrographer (some of his charts were still in use in the 1960's), and as an astronomer (he eventually became president of the Royal Astronomical Society). The last years of his life, however, were spent compiling The Sailor's Word from his vast storehouse of nautical experience; but he died before he could see it published. His family decided to go forth with the publication of his final work. Their selection of an editor couldn't have been better: Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877). Sir Edward was a Royal Navy officer with even more experience than Smyth. In his 40 years of service he captained numerous ships and generated a well-deserved reputation as a naval surveyor. His final command was of the unsuccessful expedition to find the missing and ill-fated explorer, Sir John Franklin. A cousin of Frederick Marryat, it can be plausibly argued that his novel, Horatio Howard Brenton, was the real model for C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. If you want to understand modern nautical fiction, you have to understand the language they used and the way they actually used it-not the way you think they used it.
A Naval Encyclopædia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
A Naval Encyclopaedia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description