The seafaring dictionary
Subtitle: terms, idioms, and legends of the past and present
By: David S.T. Blackmore ; foreword by J.A. Baldwin, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780786442669
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries
Description: "This book is an alphabetical compendium of more than 9000 nautical terms taken from numerous dictionaries, glossaries and other sources of nautical terminology, including volumes on nautical customs and traditions, ghost ships, paranormal maritime events, sea serpents, and marine monsters. An appendix discusses real and speculative sea monsters"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.