THE DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL LITERACY
By Robert McKenna
McGraw Hill (2001)

THE DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL LITERACY identifies and defines the spectrum of knowledge in literature, art, history, science and law that shapes the culture of the sea. Formidable in scope and scholarship, This book will help thousands make sense of what they hear, read and learn and will introduce to others new channels of thought and deepen their knowledge of the nautical world and their maritime experience.

Unlike other nautical dictionaries that concentrate on defining parts of a ship and sailor slang, THE DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL LITERACY provides insight into the literary works of Joseph Conrad and Farley Mowatt; explains the importance of the ship portraits of Antonio Jacobsen and Fritz Hugh Lane; recounts the significance of the Battle of the Saints and the sinking of the Empress of Ireland; and reveals the nautical origin of words and phrases like "mentor" and "ship of fools." More than 4,000 cross-referenced entries are well grounded in the spirit of the sea and contain anecdotal information, which reveals their importance to being "nautically literate" It is the "must have" desk reference for those with nautical inclination—from professional mariners and serious students to casual sailors and fans of Patrick O’Brian.

Robert McKenna, a graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy and has numerous writing credits to his name. He has edited hundreds of magazine articles with nautical subject matter and is widely recognized as a leading expert in the full spectrum of maritime activities. He was the founding editor of Professional Mariner Magazine and later launched his own magazine; Nautical Collector, later named Nautical World after it was bought by Cowles Media. McKenna is currently serving as a consultant to the Mystic Seaport Museum and the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut, the leading gallery of contemporary marine art.

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