Authority Cited: Sea Dict.
Author name and dates: Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
BKG Bio-tweet: Sometimes Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England (1691 title page); first sailor’s word-book in English
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary)
Author name and dates: Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
BKG Bio-tweet: Sometimes Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England (1691 title page); first sailor’s word-book in English
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary)
- Seaman’s Grammar and Dictionary, explaining all the difficult terms in Navigation; and the Practical Navigator and gunner in two parts (1627, 1691, 1693, 1699), London: Printed and are to be sold by Randal Taylor near Stationer's Hall; bolt-rope; boltsprit/bowsprit; boom; brace/braces (pp.22-23); bread-room; cathead (p.11, cat in text); catholes; loof; [BKG Note: See image below. Mainwaring's Seaman's Dictionary was composed in 1620, but not published until 1644. The edition used by SJ is unknown, and may have bee a later printing combined with the Military Dictionary.]
