The Visual encyclopedia of nautical terms under sail
Year: 1978 Language: english Author: Basil W. Bathe Publisher: Trewin Copplestone Publishing Ltd. Edition: First ISBN: 0-517-533 17-0 Format: PDF & EPUB Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 358 Description: The Visual Encyclopedia of Nautical Terms Under Sail assembles and defines nearly 4,000 terms relating to sailing ships, their construction, launching and mooring, life on board them, and how they are handled, sailed and navigated. The lore of the sea has fascinated people for centuries, but behind the romance and adventure lie a mass of practical details of vital importance to life under sail. The sails of the great ships of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were controlled by an intricate system of ropes, blocks and tackles, each with its own name and its specific function. Each component of the ship’s hull, down to the smallest bolt, had its own name. But nautical terms do not comprise only a series of technicalities. Many colorful, pithy phrases - such as ‘taken aback’, ‘on the wrong tack’ or ‘flogging a dead horse’ - originated at sea and crept into everyday English. In this book, the reader will find nautical terms of the great age of sail - together with more modern ones - defined in modern language and vividly illustrated to provide an immediate grasp of each topic. The text is systematically arranged under twenty main subject headings, each major section opening with an introductory essay written by an expert and setting the various terms in perspective. Terms relating to a particular topic (such as framing a ship or tacking and wearing) are grouped together, while cross-references lead the reader to other topics and a full index provides a key to the whole. Additional info: PDF & EPUB
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The Visual encyclopedia of nautical terms under sail
Language: english
Author: Basil W. Bathe
Publisher: Trewin Copplestone Publishing Ltd.
Edition: First
ISBN: 0-517-533 17-0
Format: PDF & EPUB
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 358
Description: The Visual Encyclopedia of Nautical Terms Under Sail
assembles and defines nearly 4,000 terms relating to sailing ships, their
construction, launching and mooring, life on board them, and how they are
handled, sailed and navigated.
The lore of the sea has fascinated people for centuries, but behind the romance
and adventure lie a mass of practical details of vital importance to life under
sail. The sails of the great ships of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were
controlled by an intricate system of ropes, blocks and tackles, each with its
own name and its specific function. Each component of the ship’s hull, down to
the smallest bolt, had its own name. But nautical terms do not comprise only a
series of technicalities. Many colorful, pithy phrases - such as ‘taken aback’, ‘on
the wrong tack’ or ‘flogging a dead horse’ - originated at sea and crept into
everyday English.
In this book, the reader will find nautical terms of the great age of sail - together
with more modern ones - defined in modern language and vividly illustrated
to provide an immediate grasp of each topic. The text is systematically
arranged under twenty main subject headings, each major section opening
with an introductory essay written by an expert and setting the various terms in
perspective. Terms relating to a particular topic (such as framing a ship or
tacking and wearing) are grouped together, while cross-references lead the
reader to other topics and a full index provides a key to the whole.
Additional info: PDF & EPUB
Contents
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