EXERCISE OF THE SMALL ARMS AND GREAT GUNS FOR THE SEAMEN ON BOARD HIS MAJESTYOS SHIPS (1778)

A rare early publication (taken from the James Clavell Library) , setting out firing exercises in the Georgian Navy. The concise book gives words of command, and detailed instructions for carrying out the discharge of firelocks , bayonet exercises and the use of ramrods. The book also instructs its readers on the firing of ship s cannons. An authentic rarity that gives a salty flavour of 18th century naval warfare.