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Abbott, John Henry. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In 4 Parts. I: The Owners of Merchant Ships. II: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Therein. III: Of the Carriage of Goods Therein. IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. London: Butterworth, 1802-1827, xxxv, 695 pp. First study of this legal aspect.
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merchant marine, law, commerce, trade, business, lower deck, wages, ship owner
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adye, S. Payne. A Treatise on Courts-Martial: Also, An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewerds. London: Murray; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1786, 1796, 1797, 1981, viii, 284 pp.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, law, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "Admiralty Prize Case Briefs: Notes and Questions." AHR, 33 (April 1928): 593-95. Albion, 1896-1972, longtime Harvard Professor.
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Admiralty; age of sail; High Court Admiralty; historian; law; prize;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, high court admiralty, prize, reward for service, monetary reward , law, historian, history, historical
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Alexander, Caroline. The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. London: HarperCollins; New York: Viking; London: Penguin, 2003, xiv, 491 pp. Fresh & detailed narrative of events including subsequent Admiralty mission to capture the mutineers & their courts martial; apologetics for Bligh.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; discipline; exploration; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , law, discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , ship, boat, vessel
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Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Knopf, 1998, x, 213 pp. Folio; for American Museum of Natural History; Sir Ernest Shackleton's 3rd expedition, 1914-1917; trapped; expedition grossly unprepared & incompetent.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; critique of Royal Navy; exploration; memorial; museum; Shackleton, Ernest;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Shackleton, Ernest, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Alexander, Caroline. "The Wreck of the Pandora: The Fate of the Men Sent to Hunt Down the Bounty Mutineers." New Yorker (4 August 2003): 44-59. Wreck occurred at Great Barrier Reef; 14 of the original 25 mutineers were aboard in "Pandora" boxes.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; discipline; Far East; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship; wreck;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, law
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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.
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16th C. (1500-1599); association; Mary Rose; museum; nautical archaeology; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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All at Sea. National Maritime Museum Activity Book. Greenwich: NMM, 2004, 16 pp. Juvenile literature; included pirate hat & paper boats.
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juvenile literature; maritime history; museum; naval guide; naval lore; piracy;
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maritime history, naval history , museum, juvenile literature, children's, junior, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Allen, Brigid M.N. "Britain, the United States and Maritime Law, 1793-1815: A Study of Opinion on Some Problems Affecting Anglo-American Relations with Regard to Sea-Power." Ph.D. diss, University College, London, 1975. Under M.A. Jones; (ASLIB 26-697).
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; law; maritime history; sea power;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, maritime history, naval history , law, sea power
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Allen, Kenneth S. "That Bounty Bastard": The True Story of Captain William Bligh. London: Hale; New York: St. Martin, 1976, 1977, 224 pp. Bligh, 1754-1817; on tombstone: "fought battles and died, beloved, respected, and lamented"; despite title, sympathetic toward Bligh; described outbursts & cursings.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Banks, Joseph; Bligh, William; condition; discipline; exploration; imperialism; law; mutiny; officer; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , banks, joseph, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , law, Royal Navy, Britain, England, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , officer, quarterdeck, leader , discipline
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Allwood, John. The Great Exhibitions: 150 Years. London: Studio Vista; London: ECL, 1977, 2001, 192 pp. Folio; not included: Royal Naval Exhibtion, 1891.
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19th C. (1800-1899); memorial; museum; Royal Navy; science ; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England, museum, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Alsford, Stephen, ed. The Meta Incognita Project: Contribution to Field Studies. Mercury Series Dir. Paper, # 6. Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993, viii, 219 pp. Essays, some cited.
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Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , museum, science
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Anderson, David & Lincoln, Margarette. The Mutiny on the Bounty. London: Macdonald, 1989, 47 pp. Folio; juvenile literature.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Bligh, William; juvenile literature; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship;
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18th century, eighteenth, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , law, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, juvenile literature, children's, junior
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Anderson, Olive. "British Governments and Rebellion at Sea: Notes and Communications." HJ, 3 (March 1960): 56-64. E.g., Royalists, Jacobites, pirates; no consistent policy.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; High Court Admiralty; law; mutiny; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , law, high court admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Anderson, Roger Charles. Catalogue of Ship-Models: Scale Models. London: HMSO, 1952, 133 pp. For NMM.
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Admiralty; architecture; association; model; museum; ship; shipbuilding;
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, model, ship model, model building , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, museum, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond. "Appraisements of Elizabethan Privateersmen." MM, 37 (January 1951): 76-98. From records of High Court of Admiralty.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; High Court Admiralty; law; piracy;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , high court admiralty, law, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer
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Annis, Philip Geoffrey Walter, ed. "Ingrid" and Other Studies, Papers, by Members of the Staff of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. London: NMM Bookshop, 1978, 140 pp. Presented to David W. Waters; essays.
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , museum, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Annis, Philip Geoffrey Walter, ed. Sea Studies: Essays in Honour of Basil Greenhill. Greenwich: NMM, 1983, pp. 63-70. Essays, some cited.
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Festschrift; museum; sea;
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Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , museum, sea, ocean, maritime
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Anthony, Irvin Whittington, ed. The Saga of the Bounty: Its Strange History as Related by the Participants Themselves. New York: Putnam, 1935, xiv, 358 pp. Accounts, e.g., by Bligh, Christian, Freyer, Morrison & John Barrow.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; condition; discipline; law; memoir; mutiny; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , discipline, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , law, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |