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Lädt ... The Pirate Dictionaryvon Terry Breverton
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I bought this book when my son went through a pirate phase. I found that it's really more of an adult book, historical, and without many phrases a kid could appreciate or make use of. There are pictures, but they are uniformly black and white,--historically accurate diagrams of ships, maps, and woodcuts of pirates made in the times of pirates. It is amazing how many of today's phrases come from British sailing or pirating. Open to a random page and there's at least one etymology of a word or phrase that comes from that time. Some examples are doughboy, flake out, scuttlebutt, or slush fund. Unfortunately perhaps, 70% of the entries could be found in a dictionary of 17th and 18th century sailing terms with no relation to pirates. A fun read for those interested in the history of words and phrases, and this type of interest is more likely to match with this book; only a hard-core pirate nut or scholar would want to pore through and find the pirate entries, and browse them, without being able to drill down on them more than a few lines. ( ) Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Reading through these words and phrases is an abbreviated trip through history, with lists of major naval mutinies, a summary of the slave trade, and even jokes. This dictionary is written to be entertaining as well as informative, to give a flavor of the interesting times from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries when pirates controlled many sea lanes. It also contains a treasure trove of factual information about life aboard the ship, important pirate haunts, and technical terms. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)910.45History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Accounts of travel and facilities for travellers Ocean voyages, piratesKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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