Descript |
[5], 404, [12] p. : ill. |
Note |
With Moses Pitt's dedication to Samuel Pepys: p. [4]-[5]. |
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The sheets of the first ed. (Six dialogues about sea-services. London: Printed for Moses Pitt, 1685), with a new t.p. |
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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
Contents |
(from t.p.) I. Of the office of commanders in chief -- II. The duty of inferiour officers and mariners on board His Majesties ships of war --III. The victualling of ships -- IV. A dictionary, or explanation of the names of all the parts of a ship, sea-phrases, or words of art used at sea -- V. Of the best ships of war, and ceremonies of entertainment, salutes, haling, and striking -- VI. The ordering of fleets in sailing, chases, boardings, and sea-fights. |
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