Xebec
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A xebec, also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the Barbary states. It was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The
A xebec; pen-and-ink plate by Gordon Grant from The Book of Old Ships (1924).
Greek-Ottoman xebec
Master and Commander
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Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey–
Xebec
…the legendary reputation of the Speedy's commander, Lord Cochrane, which has in turn provided the inspiration for sea fiction such as Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander. Xebec is also written as xebeck, xebe(c)que, zebec(k), zebecque, chebec(k), shebeck (); from (Catalan: xabec, French: chabec, now chebec, Spanish…
First US edition (Lippincott, 1969)
Geoff Hunt cover used on reissues