| A | B |
| warships | ships ready to destroy the enemy in wartime |
| spyglass | used in the 1700s at sea to spot other ships, This long wooden instrument can see things far away that the eye cannot see |
| cannons | large guns that stick out the sides of warships so huge cannonballs can be shot into the enemy ships |
| vanish | to disappear from sight |
| magician | a person who makes things disappear, but these are tricks |
| sailor | a person who works on a ship |
| colonies | lands and people who are ruled by another nation far away |
| starve | to suffer or die from lack of food |
| fog | a mist made of many small drops of water floating in the air |
| masts | tall upright wooden poles that hold up the sails and ropes of a ship |