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The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
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W. H. (William Henry) Smyth
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This exhaustive maritime lexicon captures the specialized language of the Golden Age of Sail, offering modern readers a fascinating window into how sailors named their world. Smyth's meticulous catalog preserves obscure nautical terminology and archaic voyager slang that would otherwise vanish from memory, making it essential for anyone curious about seafaring culture beyond the romance.
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W. H. (William Henry) Smyth (1788–1865) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
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FormatEbook
File TypeEPUB
Pages981
LanguageEnglish
ISBNpg-26000
PublishedJune 1, 1865
Added to StoreJanuary 1, 1900
