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- Lexicon:Tromba marina In fact, not any sort of trumpet at all, but a stringed instrument. The origin of …2 KB (308 words) - 06:15, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Upas tree …, falling asleep under a upas tree was fatal. This probably arose from the fact that the latex from the upas tree in Java (Antiaris toxicaria) was used by…2 KB (250 words) - 14:17, 13 November 2007
- Transcription for 21 In fact, although the operation went perfectly well, the man17 KB (3054 words) - 03:01, 12 November 2007
- Master and Commander (rank) The rank developed in the late seventeenth century and derives from the fact that, originally, such an officer was required to function as his own [[Sa… … vessel - was addressed and referred to as 'Captain [surname]' despite the fact that he was not strictly a [post] captain.2 KB (333 words) - 02:31, 13 April 2008
- Prize money …ering prize money as commander of ''[[HMS Sophie]]''. He also deplores the fact that captains have lost part of their share to the admiral.2 KB (319 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
- Forty Thieves …r]]'' is depicted as an old and worn-out member of the "Forty Thieves", in fact the first of the class was not launched until 1809, so the ''Worcester'' o…1 KB (232 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2010
- In this Month - June …''': [[Jack Aubrey]] attends funeral of [[James Lawrence]] (in historical fact, however, Lawrence was buried on June 8, two days after the ''Shannon'' re…2 KB (309 words) - 15:13, 15 January 2009
- Holystone The name is thought to derive from the fact that such scrubbing is done by hand, requiring a seaman to kneel; thus, th…1 KB (245 words) - 16:14, 2 May 2010
- Charles Douglas …862) where it says she was married to Admiral Sir Charles Douglas when, in fact, she was the wife of Admiral Sir James Douglas.[http://books.google.com/bo…8 KB (1261 words) - 09:29, 24 November 2010
- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand …cular coach and six should come by; yet though extremely unlikely it is a fact. And the glabrous face within belongs to Monsieur de Talleyrand-Périgord…5 KB (835 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2010
- HMS Raisonable …unable to sustain a full broadside; this is in accord with the historical fact that she had not been refitted since 1802 and had had no major repair sinc…2 KB (290 words) - 13:44, 19 March 2010
- Gedymin Jagiello …y innocent, the rumors of their affair were false, and that Jagiello is in fact engaged to be married to a young Swedish woman.3 KB (424 words) - 06:19, 28 August 2011
- The Ships of Jack Aubrey … as being the former "''Vencejo''" - an alternative spelling - although in fact the ''Vincejo'' kept its original name while serving in the Royal Navy unt… …ibed as having served for a considerable period in the East Indies when in fact the ''Lively'' was launched and commissioned in 1804, the same year when J…43 KB (6674 words) - 00:31, 2 January 2014
- The Ships of Jack Aubrey - HMS Surprise …lities but because she was part of his youth – quite apart from the fact that he had commanded her in the Indian Ocean, where she had behaved quite…3 KB (462 words) - 02:42, 2 January 2014
