SAILOR'S WORD BOOK by W Smyth
This is an alphabetical digest of nautical terms. The book defines common and not-so-common nautical words and sea terms, and some which, though now obsolete, appear regularly in contemporary books and still enrich the English language.William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) spent the most of his naval career surveying, and his work, which he often did in partnership with French, Austrian, and Neapolitan surveyors, was widely praised. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and later served as its President (1849-51). He began assembling the Sailor's Word-Book from material gathered over the course of his long career in 1858. Despite the fact that he finished the book, he died before it was published.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780851776941 |
| ISBN 10 | 0851776949 |
| Title | SAILOR'S WORD BOOK |
| Author | W Smyth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1996-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 752 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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