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Anderson, Bern. "Captain George Vancouver, RN, 1757-1798." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1954. Under R. Albion & S. Morison.

Keywords:

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

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Anderson, Bern. Surveyor of the Sea: The Life and Voyages of Captain George Vancouver. Seattle: Washington UP; Toronto: Toronto UP, 1960, 1966, xii, 274 pp. Controversial reputation; died in obscurity.

Keywords:

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

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Anderson, C.C. Seagulls in My Belfry: The Very Personal Story of a Naval Career. Edinburgh: Pentland, 1997, 202 pp. Memoir, naval operations, 2nd World War.

Categories:

memoir; Royal Navy; World War II;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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Anderson, E.W. The Principles of Navigation. London: Hollis & Carter, 1966, 622 pp.

Keywords:

education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , voyage, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Anderson, George Howard. Vancouver and His Great Voyage: The Story of a Norfolk Sailor, Captain George Vancouver, RN, 1757-1798. King's Lynn: Thew, 1923.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Vancouver, George, voyage

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Anderson, J.L. "Climate Change, Sea Power and Historical Discontinuity: The Spanish Armada and the Glorious Revolution of 1688." Great Circle, 5 (1983): 13-23. Emphasis on weather; comaparative, 1588 & 1688 invasions.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , battles, invasion, armada, landing , science

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Anderson, J.L. "Combined Operations and the Protestant Wind: Some Maritime Aspects of the Glorious Revolution of 1688." Great Circle, 9 (1987): 96-107.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, religion, chaplain, chapel , maritime history, naval history

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Anderson, J.L. "Piracy and World History: An Economic Perspective on Maritime Predation." J World History, 6 (Fall 1995): 175-99. Analysis.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, historian, history, historical, maritime history, naval history , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anderson, J.L. "Piracy in the Eastern Seas, 1750-1859: Some Economic Implications." See D. Starkey, Pirates and Privateers, pp. 87-105.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Anglo-Chinese, China

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Anderson, J.L. "Prince William's Descent upon Devon, 1688: The Environmental Constraints." See S. Fisher, Lisbon as a Port Town, pp. 37-55.

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17th century, seventeenth, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, science , Royal Navy, Britain, England, invasion, armada, landing

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Andidora, Ronald. Iron Admirals: Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century. Contributions in Military Studies Series, # 194. Westport: Greenwood, 2000, 208 pp. Included legacy of Nelson, Jellicoe & foreign ones.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Nelson, Horatio

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Andrada, Benigno Hector. Guerra aerea en las Malivas. Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1983, 239 pp. Argentine view.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battles, invasion, armada, landing

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Andrade, Ernest, Jr. "Arms Limitation Agreements and the Evolution of Weaponry: The Case Study of the Treaty Cruisers." See D. Masterson, NHS-6, pp. 179-90.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , interwar, cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence

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Andrade, Ernest, Jr. "Great Britain, the Submarine, and Naval Limitations." See W. Roberts, NHS-9, pp. 67-79.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , interwar, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty

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Andrade, Ernest, Jr. "United States Naval Policy in the Disarmament Era, 1921-1937." Ph.D. diss, Michigan State, 1966.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar, united states navy, US navy, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Andrade, Tonio. "The Company's Chinese Pirates: How the Dutch East India Company Tried to Lead a Coalition of Pirates to War against China, 1621-1662." J World History, 15 (2004): 415-44.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, East India Company, charter company, Raj , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia

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Andrade, Tonio. 'Was the European Sailing Ship a Key Technology of European Expansion?: Evidence from East Asia', International Journal of Maritime History (23, Dec 2011) pp. 17-40

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Andrade, Tonio. Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's Victory over the West (Princeton University Press, 2012)

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colonialism; exploration;

Keywords:

exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , colonialism, colony

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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