The Language of Sailing

Richard Mayne

The Language of Sailing
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
30 April 2000
Pages
320
ISBN
9781857541687

The Language of Sailing

Richard Mayne

This etymological analysis of nautical language demonstrates how seafaring brought European sailors’ languages together through conflict and comradeship from earliest times, when sailing crews could be as multinational as 1990s international conglomerates.

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