The Sailor's Word-Book

William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was a distinguished British admiral and hydrographer who contributed significantly to nautical lexicon and maritime knowledge through his compendious work, 'The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms' (1867). Born to a loyalist American family that had moved to England following the American War of Independence, Smyth's naval career was marked ...