The Seaman's Manual, Containing All the Technical Words and Phrases Used at Sea and Belonging to a Ship ... Alphabetically Arranged. Together with Instructions to Young Men, Entering on a Seafaring Life ; with the Duty of a Midshipman ; by Robert Wilson ...Truslers, at the Literary-Press ... and sold, 1788 - 108 pages |
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