Naval expositor, shewing all the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, on what services they are used and issued for with their description : togeth

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Naval expositor, shewing all the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, on what services they are used and issued for with their description : together with the names of all the inferior officers belonging to a ship, with an abridgment of their respective dutys, 1732 / by T.B.

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Manuscript, illustrated, in a copperplate hand, of Thomas Riley Blanckley's alphabetically arranged maritime dictionary, first published in 1750. The illustrations are done in colored pen and wash. Both text and illustrations vary somewhat from the first published edition.

1 v. (84 p.) ; 29 cm.

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

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