Well, I did without an atlas on my first reading, and just sort of skimmed over the extremely nautical parts. You can use Google if you really need an explanation of a term or location. There’s a very nice site called “A guide for the perplexed” that translates all the ‘foreign’ for you, and reveals some jokes you might otherwise miss out on.
Thanks, have not seen that web site before. Have bookmarked it for later.
Thank you for sharing that site!