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Block, Leo. To Harness the Wind: A Short History of the Development of Sails. Annapolis: NIP, 2003, xv, 164 pp.
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age of sail, propulsion , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Blocksdorf, Helmut. Hitler's Secret Commandos. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2008, 208 pp. K-Verband naval commandos, 1943; inspired by Italian & British examples.
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20th century, twentieth, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , world war 2, second world war
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Blond, A.J. Lee. "Technology and Tradition: Wireless Telegraphy and the Royal Navy, 1896-1920." Ph.D. diss, Lancaster, 1993. Under J. Gooch; (ASLIB 44-6162).
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20th C. (1900-1999); communication; technology; World War I;
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20th century, twentieth, world war 1, first world war, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable
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Blond, Georges. La beaute et la gloire: Nelson et Emma Hamilton. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1976, 454 pp. Joint biography; 1-column chronology at end, Nelson & Emma.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Biography; Hamilton, Emma; Nelson, Horatio;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, biography, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Nelson, Horatio
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Blond, Georges. Ordeal Below Zero: The Heroic Story of the Arctic Convoys in World War II. London: Souvenir; London: Firecrest, 1956, 1987, 199 pp. Emphasis on PQ16-PQ18.
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merchant marine, world war 2, second world war, 20th century, twentieth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World
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Blondel, Anthony J. Cape Town to Zanzibar: Adventures of a Colonial Seaman in His Majesty's Royal Navy. Ashland: Hellgate, 2007, vi, 443 pp. Rollicking adventure tale.
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Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Blood, Horatio. "Twopence Coloured Hero: Nelson Treads the Boards." Traf Chron, 17 (2007): 99-117, plus illustrations. Toy theatre drama; glorified Nelson.
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Nelson, Horatio, drama, culture, arts
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Bloom, Ursula. Nelson's Love. Lythway Book Series. London: Hale; Bath: Chivers, 1966, 1985, 204 pp. Fiction; Nelson-Emma romance.
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , nautical fiction, sea fiction
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Bloom, Ursula. The Magnificent Courtesan. London: McBride, 1950. Pseud: Lozania Prole; fiction; Emma & Sir William Hamilton.
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , nautical fiction, sea fiction
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Bloomberg, Joe. Looking Back: A Docker's Life. London: Stepney, 1979, viii, 78 pp.
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dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Bloomster, Edgar L. Sailing and Sailing Craft down the Ages. Annapolis: NIP, 1940, 1969, xi, 280 pp. Folio; general survey.
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age of sail, general history, general survey, survey
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Blore, Trevor. "Admiralty Hydrography." USNIP, 88 (June 1962): 72-81.
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Blos, Joan W. The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown. New York: Morrow Junior, 1991, 44 pp. Illus: Tennessee Dixon; juvenile literature; Margaret Tobin Brown, 1867-1932.
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20th century, twentieth, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , nautical fiction, sea fiction
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Blouet, Brian W. Halford Mackinder and the Defence of the Geographical Pivot of History. London: Cass, 2004, 270 pp. 1904 book; analysis from various perspectives.
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20th century, twentieth, strategy, strategic, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Blouet, Brian W. Halford Mackinder: A Biography. College Station: Texas A&M UP, 1987, x, 235 pp.
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20th century, twentieth, biography
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Blouet, Brian W. "Sir Halford Mackinder as British High Commissioner to South Russia, 1919-1920." Geographical J, 108 (1976): 228-36.
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , biography
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Blouet, Brian W. Sir Halford Mackinder, 1861-1947: Some New Perspectives. Oxford School of Georgraphy Research Paper Series, # 13. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1975, 49 pp.
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20th century, twentieth, biography
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Blouet, Brian W., ed. Global Geostrategy: Mackinder and the Defence of the West. New York: Cass, 2005, x, 177 pp. Mackinder: land power, not sea power, the next big thing.
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20th century, twentieth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, strategy, strategic
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Blount, Henry. A Voyage into the Levant, 1636. English Experience Series, # 850. Leyden: Pieter Van Der Aa; London: Crook; Amsterdam: Theatrum, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1650, 1664, 1671, 1707, 1737, 1977, 228 pp.
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17th century, seventeenth, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Blue, A.D. "The China Coast: A Study of British Shipping in Chinese Waters, 1842-1914." Ph.D. diss, Strathclyde, 1983. (ASLIB 32-4976).
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Chinese; maritime history; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, merchant marine, maritime history, naval history
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 |