Admiral William Henry Smyth spent years gathering the vocabulary of the sea, and after his death Sir Edward Belcher saw the collection through the press in 1867. The entries run from rigging and ship-handling to naval gunnery, sea creatures, sailors’ drinks like hipsy, and the archaic words of early voyagers, such as hirecano for hurricane.
An essential companion for readers of Marryat, Patrick O’Brian or any age-of-sail narrative, and a pleasure to browse on its own. Download the free EPUB.