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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Enthusiast
This little handbook of nautical terms is precisely what the ship's surgeon ordered for smooth sailing through the marvelously jargon-ridden seascape of the works of Patrick O'Brian. In his twenty-one volume corpus of the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin novels beginning with Master and Commander (Aubrey Maturin Series)and Post Captain (Aubrey Maturin Series), O'Brian was...
Published on February 17, 2009 by Bay Gibbons
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
You will not find GPS in here
The Sailor's Word Book: The Classic Source for Over 14,000 Nautical and Naval Terms Check the date of publication before you buy this book. It was written in the 1800's and this is not apparent in the blurb about the book.
Published 11 months ago by DLA
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Enthusiast,
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This review is from: Nautical Terms - The Sailor's Word-book (Kindle Edition)
This little handbook of nautical terms is precisely what the ship's surgeon ordered for smooth sailing through the marvelously jargon-ridden seascape of the works of Patrick O'Brian. In his twenty-one volume corpus of the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin novels beginning with Master and Commander (Aubrey Maturin Series)and Post Captain (Aubrey Maturin Series), O'Brian was loathe to pause to translate eighteenth and nineteenth century shipboard speech for the landlubberly. Highly recommended!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent reference for Naval Operations in the age of sail,
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If one does much reading about Naval operations in the age of sail or even an interest in Naval traditions, this a a wonderful reference to have available.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
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The Sailor's Word Book: The Classic Source for Over 14,000 Nautical and Naval Terms
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The Sailor's Word Book: The Classic Source for Over 14,000 Nautical and Naval Terms by Admiral W. H. Smyth (Paperback - February 2, 2010)
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