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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, Ian & Somerville, Meredyth. Cargoes of Despair and Hope: Scottish Emigration to North America, 1603-1803. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1993, 258 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Scot; Atlantic World; emigration; voyage;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , voyage
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Adams, Simon L. "Drake's Voyage of 1585." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, 1991.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; Drake, Francis; expansion; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Drake, Francis, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , voyage
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Aker, Raymond & Von Der Porten, Edward. Discovering Francis Drake's California Harbor. Palo Alto: Drake Navigators Guild, 2000, vi 73 pp. On 17 June 1579, speculation: Drake landed at Drake's Bay, Marin County, California, naming it Nova Albion; controversy but sanctioned, e.g., by S.E. Morison, A. Villiers & G. Davidson; "Drake Plate" of 1936 was a fake.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Drake, Francis; exploration; navigation; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Drake, Francis, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, voyage, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Akerman, James Richard, ed. Cartographies of Travel and Navigation. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2006, ix, 372 pp. Essays; pathbreaking study; mapping of sea routes.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); cartography; navigation; science ; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, voyage, science
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Alam, Muzaffar & Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007, xvi, 399 pp. Erudite & engaging.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; exploration; Indian Ocean; Middle East; voyage;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Indian Ocean, voyage, Middle East, age of sail
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Joseph Chamberlain's Attempted Reform of the British Mercantile Marine." J Trans His, new ser, 1 (February 1972): 169-84. Associated with efforts of Samuel Plimsoll.
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19th C. (1800-1899); architecture; condition; merchant marine; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , voyage
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Alexander, Andrew. "Negotiation, Trade and the Rituals of Endurance: An Examination of the Slave Trading Voyage of De Zon, 1775-1776." Itinerario, 31 (2007): 39-58.
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18th C. (1700-1799); diplomacy; memoir; slave trade; trade; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage
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Alexander, Michael. Omai, "Noble Savage." London: Collins & Harvill, 1977, 223 pp. Tahitian Omai, to England on Cook's Adventure; became a legend; 4 years in Europe; patronized by Banks, Sandwich & Solander; returned to Tahiti on 3rd voyage.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Banks, Joseph; Cook, James; exploration; personality; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, banks, joseph, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage
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Allaire, B. "French Reaction to the North-West Voyages and the Assays of the Frobisher Ore by Geoffrey le Brumen, 1576-1584." See T. Symons, Meta Incognita, II., pp. 589-606.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-French; Colonial America; exploration; Frobisher, Martin; Northwest Passage; science ; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-French, France , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East, Frobisher, Martin, science , voyage, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England
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Allaire, B. "Martin Frobisher, the Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Spy." See T. Symons, Meta Incognita, II., pp. 575-88.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; Colonial America; exploration; Frobisher, Martin; intelligence; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Frobisher, Martin, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , voyage, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England
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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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age of sail; age of steam; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; exploration; general history; leadership; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; voyage;
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age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)
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Allen, John Logan, ed. North American Exploration. 3 vols. I: A New World Disclosed. II: A Continent Defined. III: A Continent Comprehended. Lincoln: Nebraska UP, 1997, xlvi, 1666 pp. Essays, some cited; comprehensive; to portray exploration in broader context.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Atlantic World; Colonial America; colonialism; exploration; general history; imperialism; navigation; voyage;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , voyage, general history, general survey, survey
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Allen, Richard C. "'Remember Me to My Good Friend Captain Walker': James Cook and the North Yorkshire Quakers." See G. Williams, Captain Cook, pp. 21-36.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Cook, James; exploration; memoir; navigation; North Sea; Royal Navy; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Cook, James, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage, north sea
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Allen, Rosamund, ed. Eastward Bound: Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2004, xv, 270 pp. 11 commissioned essays; medieval perceptions of geography; Muslim & Christian pilgrims, merchants, scholars; English, German, Spanish & Arab.
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cartography; exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); religion; trade; voyage;
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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , middle ages (400-1399), religion, chaplain, chapel , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, voyage
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Allen, W.E.D., ed. Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings, 1589-1607. 2 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, #s 138 & 139. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1970, xlii, 640 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Russian; Baltic; diplomacy; Hakluyt Society publication; trade; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Hakluyt Society publication, voyage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Ames, Azel. The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621: Chiefly from Original Sources. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901, xxii, 375 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Atlantic World; Colonial America; emigration; port; ship; voyage;
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17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , voyage, ship, boat, vessel
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Amphlett, Clive & Woolley, Douglas John Faulkner. Titanic: One Man's Dream: Douglas John Faulkner Woolley: A Biography. Ilford: Seawise, 1998, vi, 110 pp. Diving information: S.J. Bilsby; curious, conflicting, trite, bizarre; dedicated to dog.
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20th century, twentieth, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , voyage
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Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning. "The Northwest Passage": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Gjoa, 1903-1907. 2 vols. London: Constable, 1907-1908, xxii, 732 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Arctic; exploration; memoir; Northwest Passage; ship; voyage;
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20th century, twentieth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East, ship, boat, vessel, voyage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
| 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 |