Glossary |
| apprenticed |
To work
for a master craftsman and so learn a trade |
| barke or barque |
A small sailing ship |
| boat |
A small craft that
might be carried aboard a ship and used for landing ashore etc |
| conjecture |
Guess |
| contemporaries |
Belonging to the same
period of time |
| cosmography |
Study of the universe |
| critics |
People who pass comment |
| duckats or ducats |
A gold coin |
| exotic |
Unusual or strange |
| freighter |
Cargo ship |
| funded |
Paid for |
| league |
Unit of meaurement
equal to 3 marine miles |
| maine |
The mainland (rather
than an island) |
| master |
A captain of a ship |
| merchants |
People involved in
the buying and selling of goods |
| mizzen |
The mast or sail nearest
the stern (rear) of a ship |
| ordnance (ordenance) |
Canon or other pieces
of artillery |
| pezo |
Spanish money |
| plundering |
Taking goods by force |
| pound (lb) |
A unit of weight equal
to 16oz or 454g |
| prize |
Something seized by
force or taken as booty |
| ransacked |
To search everywhere,
to plunder |
| rifled |
Similar to ransack
and plunder |
| Ryal |
A gold coin. In Elizabeth
I's reign, it was worth 15 shillings |
| Sierra Leone |
Country on the western
coast of Africa |
| sponsored |
Paid for |
| Victualled |
To provide with food
and drink |
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