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The sea-mans grammar and dictionary : explaining all the difficult terms in navigation : and the practical navigator and gunner : in two parts / by Captain John Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admiral of New England.

Van Pelt - Microtext STC II Reel 1159:18.
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Format:
Microformat
Author/Creator:
Smith, John, 1580-1631.
Series:
Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1159:18.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Naval art and science--Early works to 1800.
Naval art and science.
Gunnery--Early works to 1800.
Gunnery.
Ordnance, Naval--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ordnance, Naval.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
8 unnumbered pages, 163 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations
35 mm
monochrome
service copy
positive
Edition:
Now much amplified and enlarged with a variety of experiments, since his time, made by several experienced navigators and gunners.
Other Title:
Sea mans grammar of gunnery.
Practical navigator and gunner.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed and are to be sold by Randal Taylor ..., MDCXCI [1691]
Notes:
"I. Most plain and easie directions to build, rigg, yard and mast any ship whatsoever ... II. An abstract of the art of gunnery ... and an appendix how ... to take heights, depths and distances ... "
Includes index.
Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1981. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1159:18)
Cited in:
Wing S4124
OCLC:
16974258

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