Why Sailors Can't Swim and Other Marvellous Maritime Curiosities - Nic Compton [2013, EPUB]

Why Sailors Can't Swim and Other Marvellous Maritime Curiosities

Year: 2013
Language: english
Author: Nic Compton
Genre: Other
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Edition: ?
ISBN: 978-1408188057
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 96 Print length
Description: Why will a sailor never go to sea on Friday 13th?
Why are boats always referred to as 'she'?
How do you navigate the ocean without a compass?
Does the Bermuda Triangle really exist?
Why do sailors wear earrings?
Did Blackbeard actually exist?
Did Nelson really say 'Kiss me, Hardy'?
What is the correct way to bury a body at sea?
Why is a rope never called a rope?
This fascinating collection of maritime folklore and trivia delves into the history, science and culture of the sea, and is packed full of entertaining, surprising and insightful facts, from the delightfully obscure to the amusingly quaint, including everyday expressions that have their origins on board ship. It is a complete treasure trove for young and old alike.
Topics include: sailors and superstitions; ships and shipbuilding; navigation and seamanship; pirates and smugglers; fish and fishermen; coasts and oceans; tides and weather; art and literature of the sea.

twicer, Looks to me same as below. It will supercede only if edition is newer or quality is better (ebook against scanned).
Page numbers are different. but your post has less number of pages. Preferred is to write the number of pages in the epub/pdf being posted (Actual number of pages).

twicer, and edition is only the edition , not the year , not a date , not other info,, only the edition

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