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Auten, Harold. Q-Boat Adventures: The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1919, 289 pp.

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 , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , merchant marine, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , ship, boat, vessel, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Averley, Gwendoline. "English Scientific Societies of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries." Ph.D. diss, Council National Awards, 1989, 436 pp. (DAI 51-08, p. 2854).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Avery, R.W. "The Naval Protection of Britain's Maritime Trade, 1793-1802." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1983. Under P.G. Mackesy; (ASLIB 34-3646).

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Avery, Tom. Pole Dance: The Story of the Record Breaking British Expedition to the Bottom of the World. London: Orion, 2004, 2005, 224 pp. From diaries.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , science

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Avery, Tom. To the End of the Earth: The Race to Solve Polar Exploration's Greatest Mystery. London: Atlantic, 2009.

Keywords:

Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , science

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Avery, William P. "Thrust and Counter." MM, 75 (November 1989): 333-48. French vs. British in 1790s; conclusion: French, excellent leaders, quality personnel, poor leaders.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Avila Martel, Alamirode. Cochrane y la Independencia del Pacifico. Santiago: Editorial, 1976, 306 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Cochrane, Thomas, Dundonald, Earl of Dundonald, Lord Dundonald, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area

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Axtell, James. Beyond 1492: Encounters in Colonial North America. New York: Oxford UP, 1992, xx, 376 pp. Influential scholar on North American ethnohistory.

Keywords:

Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , culture, music, literature, language, art , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Axworthy, Roger Leonard. "The Financial Relationship of the London Merchant Community with Edward III, 1337-1377." Ph.D. diss, Royal Holloway, London, 2000.

Keywords:

economics, economic policy, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, middle ages (400-1399)

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Aydelotte, Frank. "Elizabethan Seamen in Mexico and Ports of the Spanish Main." AHR, 48 (October 1942): 1-19. Hawkins abandoned seamen in 1568; tried by Inquisition.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, religion, chaplain, chapel , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Aye, Michael. Barracuda. Fighting Anthony Series, # 3. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 233 pp. Nautical fiction.

Keywords:

nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Aye, Michael. HMAS Seawolf. Fighting Anthony Series, # 2. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 276 pp. Nautical fiction.

Keywords:

nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Aye, Michael. The Reaper. Fighting Anthony Series, #1. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 200 pp. Nautical fiction; Admiral Lord Gilbert Anthony & Lt. Gabriel Anthony, RN, American Revolution.

Keywords:

Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Ayer, Robert Copeland. "Shifty Seafarers, Shifting Winds: Governmental Policies toward Maritime Smuggling in North America from Colonization to the War of 1812." Ph.D. diss, Fletcher School, Tufts, 1993, 425 pp. (DAI 54-04, p. 1513).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , discipline, law, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , smuggling, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade

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Ayerst, David. Garvin of the Observer. Dover: Croom Helm, 1985, xii, 314 pp. Powerful influence on defense matters, early 20th century.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship

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Aylmer, Fenton. A Cruise in the Pacific: From the Log of a Naval Officer. 2 vols. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1860, 641 pp. Memoir.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, voyage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Attempts at Administrative Reform, 1625-1640." EnHR, 72 (1957): 229-59.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty

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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Buckingham as Administrative Reformer?" EnHR, 105 (1990): 355-62.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty

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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Navy, Trade, and Empire." See N. Canny, Oxford History of the British Empire, I., pp. 467-81.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, colonialism, colony, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Office Holding: a Factor in English History, 1625-1642. " History, 44 (1959): 228-40.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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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