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Archer, Edward G. Gibraltar: Identity and Empire. London: Routledge, 2006, vi, 233 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Gibraltar, naval base, colony, Rock of Gibraltar, strategic base , dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, strategy, strategic, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command

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Archer, James. Colin Archer: A Memoir. Gloucester: John Bellow, [1949], 120 pp. Fram; to polar icecap, fishing.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Archer, Sally & Haycock, David. Health and Medicine at Sea, 1700-1900. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 240 pp. In 2009, noted as forthcoming.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition

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Archer, Thomas Andrew. The Crusade of Richard I, 1189-1192. New York: Putnam; New York: AMS, 1889, 1912, 1978, xii, 395 pp. Involved "the great English fleet"; 33 ships from Cinque Ports.

Keywords:

middle ages (400-1399), Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , religion, chaplain, chapel , Middle East, battles

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1984. Annapolis: NIP; Poole: Blandford, 1984, 416 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; completely revised edition.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, 1860-1970. Annapolis: NIP; London: Blandford, 1971, 240 pp. 2500 listed.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Wooden Fighting Ships in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1860. London: Blandford; New York: Arco, 1968, 1970, 174 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; much useful detail, naval architecture.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , weapon, arms trade

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Archibald, Malcolm. "Farewell Dear Scotia: Scottish Arctic Whalers." See Whaling in the Hebrides, pp. 1-12.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Archibald, Malcolm. Whalehunters: Dundee and the Arctic Whalers. Edinburgh: Mereat, 2004, xi, 180 pp.

Keywords:

age of steam, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Archimbaud, Leon. Le Conference de Washington, 12 novembre 1921 - 6 fevrier 1922: Avec une carte, etc. Paris, 1923, 364 pp. Naval disarmament.

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

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Ardehali, Ali. "The Suez Canal: Its History and Economic Development." Ph. D. diss, Clark, 1952.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , economics, economic policy, Middle East, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean

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Arditti, Michael. A Sea Change. London: Maia, 2006, 304 pp. Fictional account built around the plight of SS St. Louis, May 1939, enroute from Hamburg to wherever, in search of asylum for 1000 German refugees.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , voyage, nautical fiction, sea fiction

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Ardman, Harvey. Normandie, Her Life and Times. New York: Frank Watts, 1985, iv, 427 pp. 50 illustrations; French liner, disaster in New York.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-French, France , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , liner, passenger liner, steamship , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , world war 2, second world war

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Arena, Mark V., et al. Monitoring the Progress of Shipbuilding Programmes: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? Report MG-235-MOD. Santa Monica: RAND, 2005, xxiii, 59 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, 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, ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, logistics, supply, supplies

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Arencibia de Torres, Juan. La Victoria del General Gutierrez sobre el admirante Nelson. Santa Cruz: Arencibia de Torres, 1995, 134 pp. Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1797.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , battles, Nelson, Horatio, invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Armet. Helen. "Convoys to the Trade on the East Coast of Scotland." Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, 28 (1953): 76-111.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence

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Armitage, Albert Borlase. Two Years in the Antarctic: Being the Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. London: Edward Arnold; Bungay: Paradign, 1905, 1984, xxx, 315 pp. Expedition, 1901-1904.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, logistics, supply, supplies

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Armitage, David & Braddick, Michael, eds. The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, xx, 324 pp. Preface: Bernard Bailyn; afterword: John H. Elliott; 11 essays, some cited; Workshop, Harvard, September 2001; synthesis; excellent bibliography.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , historian, history, historical, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, bibliography, list, listing

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Armitage, David, ed. The Free Sea: Hugo Grotius. London: Liberty Fund, 145 pp. Trans: Richard Hakluyt.

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16th century, sixteenth, law, maritime history, naval history , Hakluyt, Richard, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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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