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Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Knopf, 1998, x, 213 pp. Folio; for American Museum of Natural History; Sir Ernest Shackleton's 3rd expedition, 1914-1917; trapped; expedition grossly unprepared & incompetent.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; critique of Royal Navy; exploration; memorial; museum; Shackleton, Ernest;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Shackleton, Ernest, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Alexander, Caroline. "The Wreck of the Pandora: The Fate of the Men Sent to Hunt Down the Bounty Mutineers." New Yorker (4 August 2003): 44-59. Wreck occurred at Great Barrier Reef; 14 of the original 25 mutineers were aboard in "Pandora" boxes.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; discipline; Far East; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship; wreck;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, law
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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.
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16th C. (1500-1599); association; Mary Rose; museum; nautical archaeology; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Alexander, D., Neighbour, T. & Oram, R. "Glorious Victory?: The Battle of Largs, 2 October 1263." History Scotland, 2 (2002): 17-22.
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Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, battles, middle ages (400-1399), galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme
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Alexander, Edward Porter, ed. The Journal of James Fontaine: An Irish Huguenot Son in Spain and Virginia, 1710-1719. Charlottesville: Virginia UP, 1972, xii, 190 pp. For Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; account of horrors of the sea.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Irish; Anglo-Spanish; Colonial America; memoir; wreck;
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18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Alexander, Harold. The Alexander Memoirs, 1940-1945. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962, xiii, 209 pp. Ed: John North; memoir of Field Marshal Earl Alexander; included Dunkirk, Burma & Italy; not informative.
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dunkirk, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, world war 2, second world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alexander, J.K. "'Forton Prison during the American Revolution: A Case Study of the British Prisoner of War Policy and the American Response to that Policy." Essex Institute Historical Collection, 103 (1967): 365-89.
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Anglo-American; Colonial America; impressment; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Royal Navy, Britain, England, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, impressment
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Alexander, John. "The North Wales Survey of Lloyd's Register of Shipping." Maritime Wales, 27 (2006): 68-95.
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Lloyd's of London, insurance, maritime listing, list of shipping , merchant marine, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Alexander, Joseph H. & Bartlett, Merrill L. Sea Soldiers in the Cold War: Amphibious Warfare, 1945-1991. Annapolis: NIP, 1995, xi, 220 pp. Operational history, e.g., Korea, Falklands, Middle East.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; Falkland; Korea; Middle East; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy
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Alexander, Joseph H. Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 2001, 53 pp. Author-expert on amphibious warfare; operations in Korean War.
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amphibious; invasion; Korea; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Alexander, Lewis M. "The Changing Nature of the High Seas." See F. Crickard, Multinational Naval Cooperation, pp. 30-45.
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Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; diplomacy; guerrilla warfare; strategy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, guerrilla warfare, commando operation, terrorist warfare , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , strategy, strategic, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine
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Alexander, Michael Van Cleave. Charles I's Lord Treasurer: Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland (1577-1635). Chapel Hill: NCUP, 1975, xvi, 261 pp. Foreword: A.L. Rowse; leading member of Board of Admiralty, 1628; period of rotting ships, waste & corruption.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; personality; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Alexander, Michael. Omai, "Noble Savage." London: Collins & Harvill, 1977, 223 pp. Tahitian Omai, to England on Cook's Adventure; became a legend; 4 years in Europe; patronized by Banks, Sandwich & Solander; returned to Tahiti on 3rd voyage.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Banks, Joseph; Cook, James; exploration; personality; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, banks, joseph, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage
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Alexander, Philip F. The North-West and North-East Passages, 1576-1611. Cambridge Travel Books Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1915, 211 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; Anglo-Russian; exploration; Northwest Passage;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet
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Alexander, Philip F., ed. The Earliest Voyages Round the World, 1519-1617. Cambridge Travel Books Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1925, 228 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; circumnavigation; naval lore; navigation;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Alexander, Roy. The Cruise of the Raider Wolf. Sydney: Angus & Robertson; New Haven: Yale UP, 1939, 270 pp.
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Anglo-German; commerce; cruiser; merchant marine; ship; World War I;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, world war 1, first world war, ship, boat, vessel
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Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling. An Encouragement to Colonies. Amsterdam: Theatrum; London: William Stansby; New York: Da Capo, 1624, 1625, 1968, 47 pp. About Scottish empire.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Scot; Colonial America; colonialism; emigration; imperialism;
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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Alford, Jonathan, ed. Sea Power and Influence: Old Issues and New Challenges. Farnborough: Gower, 1980, vi, 220 pp. For International Institute for Strategic Studies; papers from annual conference of IISS, "Power at Sea," Ronneby Brunn, Sweden, 1975; credit to Mahan & Richmond.
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20th C. (1900-1999); association; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; sea power; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian
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Alger, Philip. The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery: A Study of the Principals and Practices of Exterior Ballistics. . . . Annapolis: [NIP], 1917, 331 pp.
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Admiralty; gunnery; Royal Navy; science ; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Royal Navy, Britain, England, science , weapon, arms trade
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All at Sea. National Maritime Museum Activity Book. Greenwich: NMM, 2004, 16 pp. Juvenile literature; included pirate hat & paper boats.
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juvenile literature; maritime history; museum; naval guide; naval lore; piracy;
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maritime history, naval history , museum, juvenile literature, children's, junior, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
| 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 |