SEEMANNSSPRACHE / Bartz

Of ropes, bailers and shrouds: Etymology of nautical (german) language.
Every term initially has a short definition, follwed by the linguistic development of the word, from its root to the presents.
Carefully chosen historical citations then introduce the keyword's nautical origins in the last century.

Numerous drawings, maps and graphics.
The only German-language maritime origin dictionary.

300 pages, size 15 x 21 cm, ca. 170 pictures, flexible binding.
German edition.