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Abell, Thomas Bertrand. Stability and Seaworthiness of Ships: A Textbook for Officers of the Mercantile Marine and for All Concerned with the Loading of Ships. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1926, vii, 297 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine, seafaring
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Ship and Her Work. Studies in Commerce Series, # 2. London: Gee, 1923, 114 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Aberg, Alan. "Artefacts from Wrecks: An Endnote." See M. Redknap, Artefacts from Wrecks, pp. 229-31.
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nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Abranson, Erik. Sailors of the Great Sailing Ships. Macdonald Living History Series. London: Macdonald, 1977, 1978, 61 pp. Illus: Edward Mortelmans; trans (F); juvenile literature.
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age of sail, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , ship, boat, vessel
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Acerra, Martine & Meyer, Jean. L'Empire Des Mers: Des Galions aux Clippers. London: Nathan, 1990, 282 pp. Lavishly illustrated; Madam Acerra, leading French naval historian; essays on development of shipping, naval & merchant.
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Anglo-French, France , historian, history, historical, merchant marine, sea power, ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Bill. Ships and Memories: The Story ot the Years the Author Spent on the Four-Masted Barque Silberborn, Running to Oregon and San Francisco as Told in His Famous Book, Ships and Women which Is Reproduced in Full. . . . with 150 Photographic Illustrations of Ships He Knew 40 Pen-and-Ink Sketches by W.M. Birchall. Brighton, 1975, xxx, 449 pp. Out of Liverpool.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; art; memoir; ship; voyage;
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age of sail, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage, ship, boat, vessel, 19th century, nineteenth
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Adams, John. Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships, 1820-1970. London: New Cavendish, 1993, 212 pp. Folio; 500 superb illustrations depicting over 400 vessels.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); age of steam; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Marion W. & Black, Jeanette D. A List of the Published Writings of Lawrence C. Wroth to December 31, 1950. Frederick Goff, 1951, pp. 485-504. From Essays Honoring Lawrence C. Worth; covered 1905-1950.
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20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; historian; personality; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , historian, history, historical, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Thomas A. & Smith, James R. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: A Century of Service. London: Chatham, 2005, 192 pp. 150 illustrations; centennial in 2005; merchant ships in support of naval operations.
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20th C. (1900-1999); auxiliary; merchant marine; Royal Navy; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, auxiliary, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine
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Adams, William Henry Davenport. Famous Ships of the British Navy: Stories of Enterprise and Daring of British Seamen. London: Virtue; New York: Virtue & Yorston; London: Strahan, 1868, 1870, 316 pp. Dedication: First Lord of the Admiralty Duke of Somerset; e.g., Henry Grace a' Dieu, Mary Rose, Victory, Bounty, Royal George, Dreadnought.
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general history; HMS Victory; leadership; naval lore; Royal Navy; seaman; seamanship; ship;
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general history, general survey, survey, HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Adams, William Henry Davenport. Lighthouses and Lightships: A Description and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization. London: Nelson, 1870, 322 pp. Folio.
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lighthouse, lightship , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, ship, boat, vessel
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Addis, Charles P. "In Warspite at Jutland." Naval Review, 73 (April 1985): 131-33.
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Anglo-German; battles; Jutland; Royal Navy; ship; World War I;
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battles, Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, world war 1, first world war, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia
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Addison, Albert Christopher & Matthew, William Henry. A Deathless Story: Or, the Birkenhead and Its Heroes. London: Hutchinson, 1902, 1906, xvi, 318 pp. Over 60 illustrations; subtitle continued: Being the Only Full Authentic Account of the Famous Shipwrecks Extant. . . .
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19th century, nineteenth, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , ship, boat, vessel
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. The Admiralty List Books. A month by month track of every ship in commission, its commanding officer, lieutenants, complement, station; up to 1813.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; officer; Royal Navy; ship; ship of the line;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate
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Adney, Edwin Tappan & Chapelle, Howard I. Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. New York: Sterling, 2007, 242 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); coastal vessel; Colonial America; nautical archaeology; ship; shipbuilding;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, 17th century, seventeenth
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Agassiz, Alexandre. A Visit to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia: In the Steamer Croydon, during April and May 1896. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1898, 54 pp. Illustrations: 41 plates.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; exploration; Royal Australian Navy; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel
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Agius, Dionisius A. Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean. Leiden: Brill, 2007, xix, 505 pp. 3 related volumes.
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coastal vessel; Indian Ocean; Middle Ages (400-1399); Middle East; nautical archaeology; ship;
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coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , middle ages (400-1399), Middle East, Indian Ocean, ship, boat, vessel, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report
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Agius, Dionisius A. In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman. Reading: Ithaca, 2002, xx, 253 pp.
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Indian Ocean, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Middle East, ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business
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Agius, Dionisius A. Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: The People of the Dhow. London: Kegan Paul, 2005, 285 pp.
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commerce, trade, business, Middle East, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , ship, boat, vessel, Indian Ocean
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Aiken, Alexander. In Time of War. Glasgow: A. Aiken, 1980, xiv, 430 pp. Supply ships involved in naval operations, 2nd World War.
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logistics, supply, supplies, world war 2, second world war, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , ship, boat, vessel
| 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 |