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Barrett, Michael B. "Riverine Operations of the Danube Flotilla in the Campaign of 1916." Paper to be published, NHS (2009). 9-11 September 2009, USNA.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , river, world war 1, first world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barrett, Peter. HMS Glory: The History of a Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier, 1942-1961. London: Parapress, 1996, 214 pp.

Keywords:

aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, cold war, ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war

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Barrett, Ward. "Global Bullion Flows, 1450-1800." See J. Tracy, Rise of Merchant Empires, pp. 224-54.

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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, economics, economic policy, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Barrington, Daines. The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. . . . and on a North West Passage (by Mark Beaufoy). London: T.&J. Allman; New York: James Eastburn, 1818, xxiv, 258 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East

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Barrington, E. The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton. London: Harrap; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925, 1929, 417 pp. Pseud. for Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck.

Keywords:

Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Nelson, Horatio

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Barrington, George. George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay: Retelling a Convict's Travel Narrative of the 1790s. Literature of Travel, Exploration & Empire Series. London: Leicester UP, 2001, xxiv, 181 pp. Ed: Suzanne Richard.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, literature, culture, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , voyage

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[Barrington, Samuel.] "Some Letters of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington." 2 parts. MM, 19 (1933): 279-91 & 381-403.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Barrionuevo Canas, Margarita & Blas y Osorio, Manuel de. "La Armada y Godoy." Revista de Historia Naval, 7 (1989): 147-63.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion

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Barris, Ted & Barris, Alex. Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945. Toronto: Macmillan, 1995, 1996, viii, 304 pp. "Canada came of age in the Second World War."

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , world war 2, second world war

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Barritt, M.K. Eyes of the Admiralty: J.T. Serres: An Artist in the Channel Fleet, 1799-1800. John Thomas Series. London: NMM, 2008, 144 pp. Numerous illustrations, many in color; artist sponsored by Admiralty; blockade of Brest; so much detail as to be used for intelligence interpreters.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , blockade, Anglo-French, France , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barritt, M.K. "Nelson's Frigates, May to August, 1798." MM, 58 (August 1972): 281-96. Nile campaign.

Keywords:

frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Nelson, Horatio, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Barron, Caroline & Saul, Nigel, eds. England and the Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages. Stroud: Sutton; New York: St. Martin,1995, viii, 186 pp. 8 essays; true influences not for 2 centuries.

Keywords:

Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, commerce, trade, business, middle ages (400-1399), trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Barron, James D. A Bibliography of Pirate Materials, 1700-1771. Typescript, bound. 1979, li, 97 pp. 298 annotated entries.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer

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Barros, James. The Corfu Incident of 1923: Mussolini and the League of Nations. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1965, 360 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Italian, Italy , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , interwar

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Barrow, Clayton R., Jr., ed. America Spreads Her Sails: U.S. Seapower in the Nineteenth Century. Annapolis: NIP, 1973, 241 pp. 14 essays by historians.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , sea power, united states navy, US navy

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Barrow, John (of 1760s). A Collection of Authentic, Useful, and Entertaining Voyages and Discoveries: Digested in a Chronological Series. 3 vols. London: J. Knox, 1765. Barrow, teacher of mathematics.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , culture, music, literature, language, art , voyage

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Barrow, John (of 1760s). Navigatio Britannica; Or A Complete System of Navigation in All Its Branches. 1750.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Barrow, John (of 1760s). New and Impartial History of England. 10 vols. 1762. Emphasis on mastery of the sea.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , sea power

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Barrow, John (Sir). A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions (1818): Undertaken Chiefly for Discovering a North-East, Northwest, or Polar Passage. . . . London: Murray; New York: Barnes & Noble, 1818, 1846, 1971, xiv, 530 pp. Intro: Christopher Lloyd.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East, 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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