by Terry Breverton · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781847247766
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«Breverton's Nautical Curiosities» is Terry Breverton's book of nautical curiosities, published by Quercus (2010), in hardback and in English (384 pages).
A compilation about ships, characters and the sea that focuses above all on the unusual and the extraordinary. It includes stories of little-known seafarers, such as Admiral William Brown, and of inventors who changed naval history, as well as exploring the origin of everyday expressions linked to navigation and gathering technical terms, famous shipwrecks, inventions, battles and speed records at sea.
The subtitle of the work is «A Book of the Sea»; Goodreads catalogues it within non-fiction, history and reference.
For readers of maritime history and enthusiasts of curiosities and the origin of popular expressions.
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