Rasor Bibliography
View entry no. 1711
Full entry text:
[Bechervaise, John]; "By the Old Quarter Master." A Farewell to My Old Shipmates and Mess Mates: With Some Examples and a Few Hints of Advice. Portsea: Woodward, 1847, 107 pp. Dedicated to Admiral William Parker; important memoir.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; condition; memoir; naval lore; seaman; seamanship;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence