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Blake, Nicholas. Steering to Glory: A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line. London: Chatham, 2005, 304 pp. 60 illustrations; narrative of a model 24-hour day, e.g., in summer of 1805 when from Mediterranean made 6686 mile roundtrip to & from West Indies.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; ship of the line; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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19th century, nineteenth, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, age of sail
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Blake, Paul. Tracing Your Naval Ancestors. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007.
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genealogy, family history, ancestor, descendent
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Blake, Richard C. "Aspects of Religion in the Royal Navy, c. 1770-c. 1870." Master's thesis, Southampton, 1980. Under J.S. Bromley & F.C. Mather.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); religion; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, religion, chaplain, chapel , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Blake, Richard C. Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights and Psalm-Singers. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2008, viii, 336 pp. Neglected subject; fills gap; conclusion: issue ignored by naval historians; prominent evanangelicals, e.g., Middleton, Kempenfelt, Gambier, Saumarez.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); American War of Independence; religion; Royal Navy; War of 1812; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, american war of independence, American Revolutionary War, revolution, 13 colonies, thirteen colonies, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , religion, chaplain, chapel , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Blake, Richard C. "Transmission of the Faith and Transformation of the Fleet: The Religious Education of the Royal Navy, 1770-1870." See A. Cabantous, Foi chretienne et milieux maritimes, pp. 50-67.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); religion; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, religion, chaplain, chapel , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Blake, Robert Norman William & Louis, William Roger, eds. Churchill: A Major New Assessment of His Life in Peace and War. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1993, xvi, 581 pp. Baron Blake; 29 essays, some cited; "to take full measure of that extraordinary man. . . ."; most prominent scholars.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Churchill, Winston; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, world war 2, second world war
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Blake, Robert Norman William. The Decline of Power, 1915-1964. Paladin History of England Series. London: Granada; New York: Oxford UP, 1985, xviii, 462 pp. Another perspective on "fall."
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20th century, twentieth, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Blakemore, M.J. & Harlen, J.B. Concepts in the History of Cartography: A Review and Perspective. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1980, 120 pp. Folio; ed: Edward Dahl.
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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical
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Blakemore, Richard. ["Concepts of Space in the London Maritime Community in the Seventeenth Century."] Ph.D candidate, Cambridge (Selwyn). Noted in 2010.
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17th century, seventeenth, culture, music, literature, language, art , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , maritime history, naval history
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Blaker, Richard. The Needle-Watcher. New York: Doubleday; Tokyo: Tuttle, 1932, 1986, 501 pp. William Adams to Japan, d. 1620.
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan
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Blakeway, Denys & Lloyd-Roberts, Sue. Fields of Thunder: Testing Britain's Bomb. London: Unwin, 1985, v, 243 pp. 1950s, British deprived of U.S. secrets.
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20th century, twentieth, cold war, nuclear
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Blakeway, Denys. The Falklands War. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1992, 168 pp. For Channel 4 TV.
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20th century, twentieth, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War
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Blamey, Joel C.E. A Submariner's Story: The Memoirs of a Submarine Engineer in Peace and in War. Penzance: Periscope, 2002, 278 pp. Foreword: Ian McIntosh; memoir; 28 years in service.
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20th century, twentieth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation,
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Blanchford, Pongo. [In progress: Collingwood's Trafalgar Dispatches: How the News of the Battle of Trafalgar Travelled Around the World.] Noted in 2006 as forthcoming; by Commander Blanchford, the Cecil Isaadcon Memorial Lecture, The 1805 Club, June 2006.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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19th century, nineteenth, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Blanckley, T.R. A Naval Expositer. Rotherfield: Jean Boudroit, 1750, 1755, 1988, 191 pp. Foreword: David H. Roberts; engravings: Paul Fourdrinier; old & rare nautical dictionary.
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nautical dictionary
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Blanco, Richard L. "Attempts to Banish Branding and Flogging in the Army of Victorian England before 1881." JSAHR, 47 (Autumn 1968): 137-45. Impact on all armed forces.
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19th century, nineteenth, discipline
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Blanco, Richard L. "Education Reforms for the Enlisted Men in the Army of Victorian England." History of Education Quarterly, 6 (Summer1966):61-72. Impact on all armed forces.
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19th century, nineteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Blanco, Richard L. "The Attempted Control of Venereal Disease in the Army of Mid-Victorian England." JSAHR, 45 (Winter 1967): 234-41. Major impact on all armed forces.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Blanco, Richard L. "The Enlisted Man: Social Aspects of British Army Reforms, 1854-1867." Ph.D. diss, Western Reserve, 1960, 242 pp. Under A.B. Erikson; (X1960, p. 112).
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19th century, nineteenth
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Blanco, Richard L. The War of the American Revolution: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources. Wars of the United States Series, # 1. New York: Garland, 1984, xxvii, 654 pp. 3700 entries.
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18th C. (1700-1799); American War of Independence; bibliography;
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18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , american war of independence, American Revolutionary War, revolution, 13 colonies, thirteen colonies
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 |