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Ash, Bernard. Someone Had Blundered: The Story of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. New York: Doubleday, 1960, 1961, 306 pp. Popular account.
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Admiralty; Anglo-Japanese; aviation; battleship; Churchill, Winston; Royal Navy; Singapore; strategy; wreck;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Ash, Eric H. "'The Skyfullest Men': Patronage, Authority, and the Negotiation of Expertise in Elizabethan England." Ph.D. diss, Princeton, 2000, 408 pp. (DAI 61/05, p. 2009).
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16th C. (1500-1599); education; instrument; navigation; technology;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Ash, Eric H. Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2004, lx, 265 pp. Included instrument makers; diffusion of nautical knowledge.
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16th C. (1500-1599); education; expansion; exploration; instrument; navigation; technology;
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16th century, sixteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Ashburner, Walter, ed. The Rhodian Sea-Law. Oxford: Clarendon; Union: Law Book, 1909, 2000, ccxcvi, 131 pp. Medieval shipping practice, esp. legal aspects.
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High Court Admiralty; law; maritime history; Middle Ages (400-1399); naval guide; trade;
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high court admiralty, law, maritime history, naval history , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , middle ages (400-1399), trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Ashby, Phil. Unscathed: Escape from Sierra Leone. London: Palgrove Macmillan; London: Pan, 2002, 2003, xxii, 339 pp. Personal account.
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memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Ashcroft, Neil. "World War and the Trawl Fisheries of England and Wales, 1910-1950." See D. Starkey, Politics and People in the Atlantic Fisheries, pp. 41-56.
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20th C. (1900-1999); auxiliary; fishing; mine; shipbuilding; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, auxiliary, fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , mine, underwater weapon, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Ashcroft, Neil. "British Trade with the Confederacy and the Effectiveness of Union Maritime Strategy during the Civil War." IJ Mar His, 10 (December 1998): 155-76. Union blockade; Confederate, a tenuous lifeline.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; blockade; strategy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South, blockade, strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy
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Ashe, Geoffrey, ed. The Quest for America. London: Pall Mall; New York: Praeger, 1971, 298 pp. Folio; myths, legends, voyages, exploration.
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Atlantic World; Colonial America; expansion; exploration; literature; naval lore; navigation; voyage;
Keywords:
Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , literature, culture, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, voyage
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Ashe, Geoffrey. Land to the West: St. Brendan's Voyage to America. New York: Viking, 1962, 352 pp. Links to Arthurian & Madoc legends; to sea from North Wales, 1170; sailed West.
Categories:
Atlantic World; Colonial America; exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); naval lore; navigation law; voyage;
Keywords:
exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , middle ages (400-1399), voyage, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , navigation law
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Asher, G.M., ed. Henry Hudson, the Navigator: The Original Documents. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 1 ser, vol. 27. London: Hakluyt Society; New York: Burt Franklin, 1860, ccxviii, 292 pp. For Hakluyt Society.
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16th C. (1500-1599); exploration; Hakluyt Society publication; navigation; personality;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Hakluyt Society publication, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Ashford, Philip. "The Rise and Fall of the Bristol Channel Herring Fishery with Special Reference to Porlock, Somerset, 1580-1830." MM, 92 (February 2006): 23-30.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); English Channel; fishing; port;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Ashley, L.R.N. "The Royal Air Force and Sea Mining in World War II." Air University Quarterly Review, 14 (Summer 1963): 38-48. Recounted successes.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; aviation; mine; weapons; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, mine, underwater weapon, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, weapon, arms trade , world war 2, second world war
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Ashley, Maurice Percy. Cromwell's Generals. New York: St. Martin, 1955, 256 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; leadership; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Ashley, Mike, ed. The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories of the Glory Days of Sail. New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson, 1999, xvi, 496 pp. Foreword: Alexander Kent; anthology of 18 stories.
Categories:
age of sail; condition; memoir; naval lore; ship of the line;
Keywords:
age of sail, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate
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Ashley, Peter. The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy. Clanfield: Pierhead, 2005, xxi, 86 pp. 27 illustrations.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; exploration; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Ashley, Raymond E. "The Search for Longitude." Am Nep, 51 (Fall 1991): 252-66. Achieved in 18th century.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; exploration; instrument; navigation; technology; wreck;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Ashley, Roger. "War in the Ordnance Office: The Essex Connection and Sir John Davis." HR, 67 (1994): 337-45.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon
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Ashley, Scott. "How Navigators Think: The Death of Captain Cook Revisited." P & P, 194 (February 2007): 107-38. Lamented anthropologists dominating; need to return to seamen.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Cook, James; exploration; naval lore; navigation; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Cook, James, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis. The Uncensored Dardanelles. London: Hutch, 1928, 286 pp. Controversy; Churchill on fleet only approach: "a fetish which had gained possession of his mind, blinding him to facts and filling his brain with illusions."
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Churchill, Winston; Gallipoli; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , invasion, armada, landing , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Ashmore, Edward. The Battle and the Breeze: The Naval Reminiscences of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore. Stroud: Sutton, 1997, 282 pp. Ed: Eric Grove; memoir.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; battles; memoir; officer; personality;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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 |