Smith, John. An accidence or The path-way to experience. : Necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea, briefly shewing the phrases, offices, and words of command, belonging to the building, ridging, and sayling, a man of warre; and how to manage a fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares: also the names, vveight, charge, shot, and powder, of all sorts of great ordnance. With the vse of the petty tally. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith sometimes governour of Virginia, and admirall of New England

Folger bibliographic ID: 105472
Folger call number: PR1400 22784
Folger holdings ID: 103375

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quarto

General notes

Printer's name from STC Running title reads: An accidence for yong sea-men The last leaf is blank Dedication on A2r: "To all the Right Honorable and most generous lords in England, and others". Variant: dedication to Sir Robert Heath Enlarged and rearranged as "A sea grammar" and, later, "A sea-mans grammar" A variant (STC 22785) is dated 1627 Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1964. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1008:12)

Item information about Folger PR1400 22784

Photostat of original from Henry E. Huntington Library

Uniform title: Sea-mans grammar
Extended title: An accidence or The path-way to experience. : Necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea, briefly shewing the phrases, offices, and words of command, belonging to the building, ridging, and sayling, a man of warre; and how to manage a fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares: also the names, vveight, charge, shot, and powder, of all sorts of great ordnance. With the vse of the petty tally. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith sometimes governour of Virginia, and admirall of New England
Alternate titles: Accidence, Path-way to experience

Naval art and science

author: Smith, John, 1580-1631