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Allen, D.F. "The Order of St. John and Cromwell's Navy, 1649-1660." MM, 79 (May 1993): 142-54. Foundation of Hospitaller Order; on continent but when protectors, Spain & France, at war, English Commonwealth steped in.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Civil War, English, English, England, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Allen, D.W. "The British Navy Rules: Monitoring and Incompatible Incentives in the Age of Fighting Sail." Explorations in Economic History, 39 (2002): 204-31.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, impressment, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Allen, David. "From George Monck to the Duke of Albemarle: His Contribution to Charles II's Government, 1660-1670." Biography, 2 (1979): 95-124.

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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Civil War, English, English, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Allen, Derek & Hore, Peter. News of Nelson: John Lapenotiere's Race from Trafalgar to London. Brussels: SEFF, 2005, 103 pp. Allen died in 2004, Hore completed book; "we have won a great victory but we have lost Lord Nelson" was the message Lapenotiere reported at the Admiralty on 6 November 1805.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign

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Allen, Edward Weber. The Vanishing Frenchman: The Mysterious Disappearance of La Perouse. Rutland: Charles Tuttle, 1959, 321 pp. 1780s, attacks on English forts; commanded French expedition toward Australia; disappeared; searches wrecks, 1826.

Keywords:

age of sail, Anglo-French, France , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , 18th century, eighteenth

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Allen, Frederick J. & Kelly, Roy Willmarth. The Shipbuilding Industy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918, 300 pp. Intro: Charles M. Schwab.

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19th century, nineteenth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Allen, Gardner Weld. A Naval History of the American Revolution. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Williamstown: Corner House; New York: Russell, 1913, 1962, 1970, xii, 752 pp. Allen, 1856-1944; series on American naval operations of the period.

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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Allen, Gardner Weld. Operations against the French, 1798-1800. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Hamden: Archon, 1909, 1967, xii, 323 pp. Alt. title: Our Naval War with France; in series, U.S. Navy.

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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , battles, united states navy, US navy, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Allen, Gardner Weld. Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Hamden: Archon, 1905, 1965, xiii, 354 pp. U.S. Navy.

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19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , battles, united states navy, US navy, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer

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Allen, H.R. Buccaneer: Admiral Sir Henry Morgan. London: Barker, 1976, xii, 193 pp. Narrative of career: Porto Bello, Maracaibo, Panama, etc.

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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, personality, prominent leader, noted person , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer

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Allen, Helen M. "British Commercial Policy in the West Indies, 1783-1793." Ph.D. diss, London, 1938.

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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Allen, Jerry. The Sea Years of Joseph Conrad. New York: Doubleday; London: Methuen, 1965, 1967, xvi, 368 pp.

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nautical fiction, sea fiction , merchant marine, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Allen, Jerry. The Thunder and the Sunshine: A Biography of Joseph Conrad. New York: Putnam, 1958, 256 pp.

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merchant marine, nautical fiction, sea fiction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Allen, John Joseph, ed. Voices from the Bridge. In 2009, noted as in preparation; oral history, Master Mariners, 1938-1982.

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20th century, twentieth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , merchant marine, officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)

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Allen, John Logan, ed. North American Exploration. 3 vols. I: A New World Disclosed. II: A Continent Defined. III: A Continent Comprehended. Lincoln: Nebraska UP, 1997, xlvi, 1666 pp. Essays, some cited; comprehensive; to portray exploration in broader context.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , voyage, general history, general survey, survey

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Allen, Joseph A. Battles of the British Navy: From AD 1000 to 1840. 2 vols. London: Bailey; London: Henry Bohn; London: George Bell; Hamilton: Simpkin Marshall; Glasgow: Morison, 1842, 1852, 1853, 1878, 1883, 1905, 436 pp. Allen "of Greenwich Hospital," 1810-1864.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, general history, general survey, survey, battles, middle ages (400-1399), Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Allen, Joseph A. Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte. London: Routledge; Boston: Elibron, 1852, 1853, 1871, 1886, 2001, xvi, 319 pp. Last biographer of Nelson who claimed to have known Nelson; denounced Pettigrew for expose about Horatia, daughter of Lady Hamilton; "to stamp his memory with infamy."

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , historian, history, historical

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Allen, Joseph A. Life of the Earl of Dundonald, GCB, Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom and Admiral of the Red. London: Routledge,1861, xii, 362 pp. Cochrane.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Cochrane, Thomas, Dundonald, Earl of Dundonald, Lord Dundonald, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Anglo-French, France , battles, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Allen, Joseph A. The Navigation Laws of Great Britain: Historically and Practically Considered: With Reference to Commercial and National Defence. London: Baily & Ridgway, 1849, xi, 344 pp.

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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, navigation law, ship, boat, vessel

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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