Cover of Sailor's Word-book, H - M

Sailor's Word-book, H - M

by William Henry Smyth

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A digest of sea terms and phrases, including flora, fauna, fish, fowl and fable of the sea, weaponry aboard ship, parts of a ship, qualities of a seaman, insurance, trading, and so on. The author says of Shakespeare, whom he quotes often, "[he] knew everything." The same can be said of Admiral Smyth. - Summary by Czandra

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