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Boudriot, Jean, ed. The Shipbuilder's Repository, 1788. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot, 1992, 472 pp. Description of ships of RN, 1780s.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Boudriot, Jean. Cavelier de la Salle expedition de 1684 La Belle. Paris: Editions l'Ancre, 2000, 160 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, america, United States, US, U.S., 13 colonies, thirteen, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , colonialism, colony, empire

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Boudriot, Jean. Historique de la corvette, 1650-1850: Monographie La Creole, 1827. Paris, 1990.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Boudriot, Jean. Le navire marchand: Etude historique et monograhie. 2 vols. Paris: Boudriot, 1991. Folio, 30 plates.

Keywords:

merchant marine, general history, general survey, survey, commerce, trade, business

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Boudriot, Jean. Le Vaisseau De 74 Canons. 4 vols. Grenoble: Quatre Seigneurs. French '74; superlative production.

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18th century, eighteenth, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Boudriot, Jean. The Bonhomme Richard, 1779. Paris: Jean Boudriot, 1988, 63 pp. Included 26 sheets of plans.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, american war of independence, American Revolutionary War, revolution, 13 colonies, thirteen colonies, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel

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Boudriot, Jean. The History of the French Frigate, 1650-1850. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot, 1963, 416 pp. Folio; trans (F): David H. Roberts; technical history.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, frigate, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel

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Boudriot, Jean. The Seventy-Four Gun Ship: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Naval Architecture. 4 vols. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot; Annapolis: NIP, 1974-1978, 1986-1988, 1062 pp.Trans: David H. Roberts; exquisite detail; drawings & paintings.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , ship, boat, vessel, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency

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Bougaard, Richard. D-Day: Normandy Revisited: Photographic Pilgrimage. London: Chaucer, 2004, 192 pp. Then & Now format.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , world war 2, second world war, invasion, armada, landing , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft

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Bougainville, Louis Antoine de. The Journal of a Voyage Round the World. Paris: Saillard & Nyon; London: J. Nourse, 1771, 1772, 362 pp. Trans: J.R. Forster.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Bougainville, Louis Antoine de. The Pacific Journal of Louis Antione de Bougainville, 1767-1768. Publications of the Hakluyt Society. London: HS, 2002, lxxvii, 322 pp. Trans: John Dunmore; for Hakluyt Society.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Hakluyt Society publication, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Boughton, William Robert. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. . . . in HMS Providence. . . , 1795-1798. London: T. Cadell & Davies, 1804, 1806, xx, 393 pp. Survey of coasts of China, Japan & Korea.

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18th century, eighteenth, pacfic world, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Bouguer, Pierre. Trait d'optique sur la gradatgion de la lunniere. Paris: Guerns, 1760, xviii, 368 pp. Falconer: the supreme authority.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Boulay de la Meurthe, Comte. Le Directoire et l'Expedition d'Egypte. Paris, 1880, 1885. Folio; Laughton: excellent & interesting study.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, empire, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony

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Boulind, Richard. "Drake's Navigational Skills." MM, 54 (November 1968): 349-72.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Drake, Francis, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Boulind, Richard. "The Strength and Weakness of Spanish Control of the Caribbean, 1520-1650: The Case for the Armada de Barlowento.." D.Phil. diss, Cambridge, 1965.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , empire, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia

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Boulind, Richard. "Tudor Captains: The Beestons and the Tyrells." MM, 59 (1973): 171-78.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Boulle, Pierre H. "French Mercantilism Companies and Colonial Profitability." See P. Emmer, Origanization Interocean, pp. 233-54.

Keywords:

colonialism, colony, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, empire, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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

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