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A Briefe Abstract, Exposition, and Demonstration of all Termes, Parts, and Things Belonging to a Shippe, and The Practick of Navigation, 1626

By RBML Staff and Meg Hixon

Collection Overview

Title: A Briefe Abstract, Exposition, and Demonstration of all Termes, Parts, and Things Belonging to a Shippe, and The Practick of Navigation, 1626

ID: 01/02/01/PRE-1650 MS 0211

Creator: Manwayring, Henry, Sir, (1587-1653)

Extent: 1.0 Items

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This volume is a nautical lexicon composed by Sir Henry Manwayring (or Mainwaring).The lexicon, which predates John Smith's Sea-Man's Grammar and Dictionary (1691), includes the first known instances of several terms. This copy, which differs from the 1644 printed edition, was transcribed by Ralph Crane.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions:

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Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon, June 2016

Other Note: Former Shelfmark: MS Q. 387.2 M38b

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