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Bradley, Margaret. "Bonaparte's Plans to Invade England in 1801: The Fortunes of Pierre Forfait." Annals of Science, 51 (1994): 453-75. Forfait, Minister of Navy, advised Napoleon on details, e.g., invade with fleet of small boats; 2000 built; never executed.
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19th C. (1800-1899); amphibious; Anglo-French; invasion; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, invasion, armada, landing , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft
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Bradley, Margaret. Daniel Lescallier, 1743-1822: Man of the Sea and Military Spy?: Maritime Developments and French Military Espionage. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 2005, xviii, 225 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-French; dockyard; intelligence; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bradley, Peter T. British Maritime Enterprise in the New World: From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century. Studies in British History Series, # 57. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 1999, xx, 600 pp. British seaborne ventures; goals: West Indies, North America, South America and South Sea.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); America; commerce; economics; trade;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, america, United States, US, U.S., 13 colonies, thirteen, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Bradley, Peter T. The Lure of Peru: Maritime Intrusion into the South Sea, 1598-1701. New York: St. Martin; London: Macmillan, 1989, 1990, xiii, 242 pp. Lure: Potosi silver.
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17th century, seventeenth, commerce, trade, business, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , empire, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Bradley, Peter T. "The Ships of the Armada of the Viceroyalty of Peru in the Seventeenth Century." MM, 79 (November 1993): 393-402.
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17th century, seventeenth
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Bradley, Arthur Granville. Captain John Smith. English Men of Action Series. London: Macmillan, 1905, viii, 226 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Biography; colonialism; expansion; imperialism;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , biography
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Bradlow, Edna & Bradlow, Frank. Here Comes the Alabama: The Career of a Confederate Raider. Cape Town: Balkema, 1958, 128 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Civil War, American; commerce;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, commerce, trade, business,
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Bradner, Leicester. "Poems on the Defeat of the Spanish Armada." J English & Germanic Philology, 43 (October 1944): 447-48.
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Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , poetry, culture, arts, culture, music, literature, language, art
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Bradshaw, Brendan & Morrill, John, eds. The British Problem, c. 1534-1707; State Formation in the Atlantic Archipelago. London, 1996. British Isles.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Irish; Anglo-Scot;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire
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Bradshaw, Dan F. "Stephenson, de Lesseps, and the Suez Canal: An Englishman's Blindspot." J Trans His, new ser, 4 (September 1978): 239-43.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; commerce; Suez; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean
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Brady, Ciaran & Ohlmeyer, Jane. British Intervention in Early Modern Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005, 350 pp. Conquest & colonization, 16th & 17th centuries.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-Irish; colonialism; expansion; imperialism;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Brady, Cyrus Townsend. The Two Captains: A Romance of Bonaparte and Nelson. Macmillan's Standard Library Series. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1904, 1905, 1906, xv, 413 pp. Fiction.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Napoleon; nautical fiction; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, nautical fiction, sea fiction
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Brady, Lawrence. The Man Who Challenged America: The Life and Obsession of Sir Thomas Lipton. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2009, 240 pp. Failure to regain America's Cup.
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth
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Brady, N.F. "The Vikings in Ireland: An Examination of the Viking Phenomenon as Recorded in Early Irish Documentary Sources." Master's thesis, Dublin, University College, 1997. (ASLIB 48-2770).
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Viking, Norse, Norseman, Northman , Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , invasion, armada, landing
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Brady, William N. The Kedge-Anchor: Or. Young Sailors' Assistant. New York: Brady, 1855, 1857, 400 pp.
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seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Bragadin, Marc Antonio. The Italian Navy in World War II. Annapolis: NIP, 1957, xviii, 380 pp. Folio; trans: Gale Hoffman; foreword: Robert Carney.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Italian; Mediterranean Sea; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Anglo-Italian, Italy
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Bragg, Benjamin. A Voyage to the North Pole by Benjamin Bragg, Accompanied by His Friend Captain Slapperwhack with an Account of the Dangers and Accidents They Experienced in the Frozen Seas of the Polar Circle. London; G. Walker, 1817, 211 pp. Included Nelson bear episode.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Arctic; exploration; Nelson, Horatio;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Nelson, Horatio, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Braid, Douglas. "Ordnance and Empire: Portugal in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries." J Ordnance Society, 4 (1992): 55-66. Gunmaking a factor in expansion.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Empire; expansion; gunnery; imperialism; sea power; technology;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, sea power, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , gunnery, gun, weapon , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , empire
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Brailsford, Henry Noel. The War of Steel and Gold: A Study of the Armed Peace, 1914. London: Bell; Shannon: Irish UP, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1971, 340 pp. Critique of alliance system & armed forces.
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20th century, twentieth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 1, first world war
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Braisted, William Reynolds. "On the American Red and Red-Orange Plans, 1919-1939." See G. Jordan, Naval War in the Twentieth Century, pp. 167-85.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; diplomacy; Imperial Defence; interwar; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, interwar, strategy, strategic
| 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 |