A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

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Overview

This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780805066159
Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 10/01/2000
Edition description: Third Edition, Revised
Pages: 528
Sales rank: 287,194
Product dimensions: 5.55(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

John B. Hattenborf is a professor of maritime history at the United States Naval War College. J. Worth Estes, Ph.D., is a professor of pharmacology at Boston University and a specialist in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maritime medicine.

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