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Astrom, Sven-Erik. "English Timber Imports from Northern Europe in the Eighteenth Century." Scandinavian Economic Historical Review, 18 (1970): 12-32.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , logistics, supply, supplies, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Astrom, Sven-Erik. From Cloth to Iron: The Anglo-Baltic Trade in the Late Seventeenth Century. 2 vols. I: The Growth Structure and Organization of the Trade. II: The Customs Accounts as Sources. Helsingfors: Fennica, 1963-1965, 346 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, logistics, supply, supplies, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, wool, commercial product, wool trade

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Astrom, Sven-Erik. From Tar to Timber: Studies in Northeast European Forest Exploitation and Foreign Trade, 1660-1860. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Science & Letters, 1988, 229 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, logistics, supply, supplies, north sea, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, wool, commercial product, wool trade

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Astrom, Sven-Erik. "North European Timber Exports to Great Britain, 1760-1810." See P. Cottrell, Shipping, Trade and Commerce, pp. 81-98. Norway replaced as main exporter; to Baltic & White Sea ports.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, logistics, supply, supplies, north sea, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Atauz, Ayse Devrim. Eight Thousand Years of Maltese Maritime History Trade, Piracy, and Naval Warfare in the Central Mediterranean. New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology Series. Gainesville: Florida UP, 2008,, xviii, 380 pp. Maltese Islands.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Atauz, Ayse Devrim. "Trade, Piracy, and Naval Warfare in the Central Mediterranean: The Maritime History and Archaeology of Malta." Ph.D. diss, Texas A&M, 2004. (DAI 65/05).

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, middle ages (400-1399)

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Atherton, Louise. Top Secret: An Interim Guide to Recent Releases of Intelligence Records at the Public Record Office. London: PRO, 1993, 32 pp. E.g., Records of Postal Interception, 1742-1792 & Anglo-French & Anglo-German relations before 1910.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Atkin, Ronald. Dieppe 1942: The Jubilee Disaster. London: Macmillan, 1980, xii, 306 pp. Review of controversy, especially concerning Canadians.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, invasion, armada, landing , world war 2, second world war, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Atkin, Ronald. Pillar of Fire: Dunkirk, 1940. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990, 256 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-French, France , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , world war 2, second world war

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Atkins John. The Navy Surgeon: Or, a Practical System of Surgery. . . . Treatise on Veneral Disease. London: Ward & Chandler, 1734, x, 257 pp.

Keywords:

health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, 18th century, eighteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Atkins, John Black. Incidents and Reflections. London: Christophers, 1947, viii, 262 pp. Correspondent of Manchester Guardian, voyage to South Africa, 1899; Winston Churchill aboard.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Atkinson, Alan. The Europeans in Australia: A History. 2 vols. I: The Beginning. II: Democracy. London: Oxford UP, 1997-2004, xviii, 429, xxiii, 440 pp. Two of projected trilogy; convict settlements until 1815; Bligh, a controvrersial Governor.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Atkinson, Alan. "The Free-Born Englishman Transported: Convict Rights as a Measure of Eighteenth-Century Empire." P & P, 144 (1994): 88-115.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, colonialism, colony, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Atkinson, Ian. The Viking Ships. Cambridge Introductionn to the History of Mankind Topic Book Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1979, 1980, 48 pp. Juvenile literature.

Keywords:

galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme , middle ages (400-1399), naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , ship, boat, vessel, Viking, Norse, Norseman, Northman

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Atkinson, James. Epitome of the Art of Navigation: Or, A Short and Easy Methodical Way to Become a Compleat Navigator. London: Atkinson, 1714, 1740, 1747, 447 pp.

Keywords:

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

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Atkinson, John, comp. Royal Navy Submarine Service: Losses World War II and Crews. Bromley: Galago, 2004, 48 pp. Folio; 87 submarines listed; included Submarine Book of Remembrance.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, world war 2, second world war, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Atkinson, M. "The English Slave Trade, 1698-1739." Master's thesie, Exeter, 1974.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, merchant marine

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Atkinson, Neill, ed. Hell or High Water: New Zealand Merchant Seafarers Remember the War. Auckland: HarperCollins, 2005, 268 pp. 15 recollections, merchant service, 2nd World War.

Keywords:

merchant marine, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Atkinson, Rick. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. Boston: Little Brown, 2008, 791 pp. Comprehensive, scholarly.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Italian, Italy , invasion, armada, landing , world war 2, second world war

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Atlay, James Beresford. The Trial of Lord Cochrane before Lord Ellenborough. London: Smith Elder, 1897, xii, 529 pp. Preface: E.D. Law; conclusion: Cochrane probably guilty.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Cochrane, Thomas, Dundonald, Earl of Dundonald, Lord Dundonald, law, officer, quarterdeck, leader , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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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