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Alexandra Brown asked this question about Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1):
Can anyone direct me to a 'glossary of naval terms' to help me get through this book and other written by Patrick O'Brian? I want to read all 22 but have been put off by the storm of words foreign to me in the story.
Lynn Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World by Richard O'Neill and The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book: Persons, Animals, Shi…morePatrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World by Richard O'Neill and The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book: Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels by Anthony Gary Brown. Also, A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King.(less)
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