An accidence or The path-way to experience : Necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea, briefly shewing the phrases, offices, and words of command, belonging to the building, ridging, and sayling, a man of warre; and how to manage a fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares: also the names, vveight, charge, shot, and powder, of all sorts of great ordnance. With the vse of the petty tally. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith sometimes governour of Virginia, and admirall of New England.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, John, 1580-1631.

Series:

Early English books online

Standardized Title:

Sea-mans grammar

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval art and science--Early works to 1800.

Naval art and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 19, 24-42 pages, 2 unnumbered pages)

Other Title:

Accidence

Path-way to experience.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for Ionas Man, and Benjamin Fisher, and are to be sold at the signe of the Talbot, in Aldersgate streete, 1626.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Printer's name from STC.

Running title reads: An accidence for yong sea-men.

The last leaf is blank.

Dedication on A2r: "To all the Right Honorable and most generous lords in England, and others". Variant: dedication to Sir Robert Heath.

Enlarged and rearranged as "A sea grammar" and, later, "A sea-mans grammar".

A variant (STC 22785) is dated 1627.

Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1008:12) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

STC (2nd edition) 22784.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.