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An Apology for English Ship-Builders: Showing that It Is Not Necessary the Country Should Look to the Navy for Naval Architects. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833, 48 pp. Response to First Lord about Surveyor of Navy, June 1832.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Anand, Indira. "Indian Overseas Trade, 1715-1725." Ph.D. diss, Delhi, 1970.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anand, Valerie. The Norman Pretender. New York: Scribner, 1979, 410 pp. Nautical fiction: time of Norman Conquest.

Keywords:

anglo-saxon, invasion, armada, landing , nautical fiction, sea fiction

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"Ancora Imparo." "Sir James Graham's Reforms in Administration and Command at the Admiralty." Fighting Forces, 3 (1927): 404-20. First Lord.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Andahazy, William J., Everstine, Douglas G. & Hood, Bruce R. "Magnetic Search for Shipwrecks from the Battle of Yorktown." Sea Technology, 17 (November 1976): 19-22.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , Yorktown, campaign, battle, Battle of Chesapeake, surrender, battles

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Anderdon, Roger Charles. "Comparative Naval Architecture, 1670-1720." MM, 7 (1921): 38-45.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Anderdon, Roger Charles. "The Operations of the English Fleet, 1648-1652." EnHR, 31 (1916): 406-28.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England, battles

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Andersen, Svein S. The Struggle over North Sea Oil and Gas: Government Strategies in Denmark, Britain and Norway. Oslo: Scandinavian UP; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1993, viii, 204 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , oil , economics, economic policy, north sea, strategy, strategic

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Anderson, Adam. An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origins of Commerce: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time: Containing an History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire. 2, 3, or 4 vols. London: Milar, 1764, 1787-1789, 1801.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, economics, economic policy

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Anderson, Aeneas. A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794. . . . Philadelphia: T. Dobson; London: Debrett, 1795, 1796, xxvi, 455 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Anderson, Alden. "British Trade in the Baltic in the Eighteenth Century." Noted as in progress: Ph.D. diss, Yale, 1914.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anderson, Alex. Windjammer Yarns. London: Witherby, 1923, 253 pp.

Keywords:

age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Anderson, Charles Roberts, ed. Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean, 1842-1844, in the Frigate United States, with Notes on Herman Melville. Durham: Duke UP, 1937, vi, 143 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, united states navy, US navy, voyage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Anderson, Charles Roberts. Melville in the South Seas. Modern Language Association of America Series. New York: Columbia UP; New York: Dover, 1939, 1966, 522 pp. Details on views of Melville & influence; plagiarism.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, literature, culture, nautical fiction, sea fiction , voyage, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Anderson, Charles Roberts. "With Melville in the South Seas." Ph.D. diss, Columbia, 1935.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, nautical fiction, sea fiction , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, voyage

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Anderson, D. Brian. The Titanic in Print and On Screen: An Annotated Guide to Books, Films, Television Shows and Other Media. North Jefferson: McFarland; London: Eurospan, 2005, viii, 182 pp. Most compelling shipwreck.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, bibliography, list, listing , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Anderson, David & Lincoln, Margarette. The Mutiny on the Bounty. London: Macdonald, 1989, 47 pp. Folio; juvenile literature.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , law, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, juvenile literature, children's, junior

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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