The sea-man's grammar and dictionary, explaining all the difficult terms in navigation: and the practical navigator and gunner: in two parts. I. Most plain and easy directions, to build, rigg, yard, and mast any ship whatsoever. With the manner of working of a ship in al weathers:-And how to manage a fight at sea:-Also the charge and duty of every officer in a ship, and their shares-and the use of the petty-tally. II. An abstract of the art of gunnery, (or shooting in great ordnance and morter-pieces): wherein the principles of that art are plainly taught, both by arithmetical calculation, and by tables ready calculated-with the compositions for the making of several fire-works useful in war, both at sea and land.-And an apendix how by several geometrical ways to take heights, depths, and distances, accessible or inaccessible. By Captain John Smith, sometimes Governour of Virginia, and Admiral of New England. Now much amplified and enlarged, ... made by several experienced navigators a

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  • The sea-man's grammar and dictionary, explaining all the difficult terms in navigation: and the practical navigator and gunner: in two parts. I. Most plain and easy directions, to build, rigg, yard, and mast any ship whatsoever. With the manner of working of a ship in al weathers:-And how to manage a fight at sea:-Also the charge and duty of every officer in a ship, and their shares-and the use of the petty-tally. II. An abstract of the art of gunnery, (or shooting in great ordnance and morter-pieces): wherein the principles of that art are plainly taught, both by arithmetical calculation, and by tables ready calculated-with the compositions for the making of several fire-works useful in war, both at sea and land.-And an apendix how by several geometrical ways to take heights, depths, and distances, accessible or inaccessible. By Captain John Smith, sometimes Governour of Virginia, and Admiral of New England. Now much amplified and enlarged, ... made by several experienced navigators a
  • Sea-mans grammar
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Imprint
London: printed for Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1699.
Publication year
1699-1699
ESTC No.
R232298
Grub Street ID
104122
Description
[12], 136, 129-144, 133-137, 130-131, p. 140, 153-163, [1] p. : ill. ; 4⁰
Note
A further enlarged edition of "The sea-mans grammar" (1652; Wing S4123), originally published in 1626 as "An accidence or The path-way to experience" (STC 22784). The first enlarged edition appeared in 1627 with title "A sea grammar".

With advertisement before title page.

Text is continuous despite pagination.Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S4126