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Bensusan, Harold Guy. "The Spanish Foreign Encroachment in the Caribbean, 1675-1697." Ph.D. diss, California at Los Angeles, 1970, 285 pp. Under James Lockhart; (DAI 31/04, p. 1718).
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17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-Spanish; Colonial America; expansion; imperialism;
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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Bent, J. Theodore, ed. Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant. 2 parts. I: The Diary of Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II: Extracts from the Diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 1 ser, vol. 87. London: HS, 1893. For Hakluyt Society.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Hakluyt Society publication; Mediterranean Sea;
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17th century, seventeenth, 16th century, sixteenth, Hakluyt Society publication, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command
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Bentinck-Smith, William. "A memorial to my dear son": Some Reflections on 65 Years of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. Cambridge: Harvard Library, 1980, 27 pp. Son died on Titanic.
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20th century, twentieth, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Bentley, Jerry H., Bridenthal, Renate & Wigden, Karen, eds. Seascapes: Maritime Histories, Littoral Cultures, and Trans-Oceanic Exchanges. Perspectives on the Global Past Series. Honolulu: Hawaii UP, 2007, x, 261 pp. 14 essays, conference, Library of Congress, February 2003; interocean studies.
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culture, music, literature, language, art , maritime history, naval history , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , art, painting, painter, artistic, design
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Bentley, John. The Thresher Disaster: The Most Tragic Dive in Submarine History. New York: Doubleday, 1974, 372 pp. Nuclear submarine, USN.
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20th C. (1900-1999); nuclear ; submarine; United States Navy; wreck;
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20th century, twentieth, nuclear , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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"Bentley." "HMS Belfast in Korea." Nav Rev (November 1950): 372-81. Pseudonym.
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cruiser; Korea; Royal Navy; ship;
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cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel
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Benyon-Tinker, W.E. Dust upon the Sea. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947, 216 pp. Levant Schooner Flotilla in the Aegean Sea, 1943-1944.
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commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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"Beowulf." A New Verse Translation. New York: Farrar Straus, 1815, 2000, xxx, 211 pp. Trans: Seamus Heaney.
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culture, music, literature, language, art , literature, culture, middle ages (400-1399), naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Bercaw Edwards, Mary K. "'An Old Sailor's Lament': Herman Melville, the Stone Fleet, and the Judgment of History." Log of Mystic Seaport, 55 (2003-2004): 57-71.
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19th C. (1800-1899); literature; nautical fiction; naval lore;
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19th century, nineteenth, literature, culture, nautical fiction, sea fiction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Berckman, Evelyn. Creators and Destroyers of the English Navy: As Related by the State Papers Domestic. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974, 212 pp. Creators, e.g., Elizabeth I & II; destroyers, e.g., James I & Oliver Cromwell.
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Admiralty; age of sail; critique of Royal Navy; leadership; Royal Navy;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Berckman, Evelyn. Nelson's Dear Lord: A Portrait of St. Vincent. New York: Macmillan, 1962, 274 pp.
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Admiralty; First Lord; Jervis, John; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Berckman, Evelyn. The Hidden Navy. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973, xiv, 159 pp. Insights into underground naval life, e.g., prostitutes, stowaways, prison hulks & dockyards.
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Admiralty; age of sail; condition; critique of Royal Navy; dockyard; homosexuality; prisoner of war;
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homosexuality, gay life, gay sailor, sodomy
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Berckman, Evelyn. Victims of Piracy: The Admiralty Courts, 1575-1678. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979, 134 pp. Noted tens of thousands of cases before the courts during this period.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; High Court Admiralty; law; piracy; prize; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, high court admiralty, law, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, prize, reward for service, monetary reward , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bercuson, David J. & Herwig, Holger H. Bismarck: The Story behind the Destruction of the Pride of Hitler's Navy. New York: Overlook; London: Hutchinson, 2001, 2002, viii, 385 pp. Alt. title: The Destruction of the Bismarck; epic saga.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; aviation; battles; battleship; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation
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Bercuson, David J. & Wise, S.F., eds. The Valour and the Horror Revisited. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 1995, 186 pp. Essays; critical of government of Canada; Hong Kong, strategic bombing & Normandy.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; D-Day; Far East; Royal Canadian Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia
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Bercuson, David J. Maple Leaf against the Axis: Canada's Second World War. Toronto: Stoddart, 1995, xv, 316 pp. Dieppe raid; accusation: Mountbatten, McNaughton & Crerar.
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Anglo-German; Battle of the Atlantic; Royal Canadian Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , world war 2, second world war
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Berdine, Michael Denis. The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882. New York: Routledge, 2005, 330 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Egyptian; imperialism; invasion; religion; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England, religion, chaplain, chapel
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Berdine, Michael Denis. "The Accidental Tourist: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Islamic Reform and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882." Ph.D. diss, Arizona, 2001, 411 pp. (DAI 62/08, p. 2856).
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Egyptian; expansion; imperialism; invasion; religion; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England, religion, chaplain, chapel
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Berenbrok, Hans Dieter. Defeat at Sea: The Struggle and Eventual Destruction of the German Navy, 1939-1945. New York: Holt, 1955, 222 pp. Pseud.: Cajus D. Bekker; episodic.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, united states navy, US navy
| 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 |