All You Wanted to Know about 18th Century Royal NavyLulu.com, 2007 - 164 páginas This book is chock-full of info about the 18th Cent. Royal Navy. It answers many questions about the sailors, officers and their living conditions. It explains how the flags of Great Britian evolved and their protocol. One chapter is on 18th century medicine, & the beliefs of that period, plus it contains an excellent glossary of medical terms (41 pages), and one of nautical expressions. For anyone interested in 18th Century Sailing Ships, this book will be a welcome addition to your library |
Contenido
TheRoyalNavy page | 9 |
OfficersMen ofthe RoyalNavy page | 27 |
18thCenturyMedicalTermspage | 47 |
BurialatSea page | 88 |
NauticalExpressions page | 101 |
InterestingHistoricalFacts page | 138 |
18thCenturyDatespage | 152 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 162 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Página 162 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 162 - They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep ; their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
Página 162 - So when they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress! For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still.