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Adair, John Eric. Great Leaders. Talbot Adair, 1989, 304 pp. Included Nelson.
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Nelson, Horatio, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, Max. Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, 333 pp. Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810; succeeded Nelson as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet; brilliant career.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Adams, Max. "Admiral Collingwood: The Real Jack Aubrey?" Traf Chron, 18 (2008): 247-54.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; nautical fiction; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Collingwood, Cuthbert, nautical fiction, sea fiction , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, Max. "After Nelson. . . . Viva Collingwood." Traf Chron, 17 (2007): 62-70. Lamented serious neglect of Collingwood & achievements.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Adams, Max. Collingwood: Northumberland's Heart of Oak. Newcastle: Tyne Bridge, 2005, 72 pp. Born in Newcastle where monument honors him; at end of life, 7 years at sea; died enroute home, 1810.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; memorial;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command
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Adams, Max. Trafalgar's Lost Hero: Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005, 400 pp.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Napoleon; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Collingwood, Cuthbert, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, William Henry Davenport. England on the Sea: Or, the Story of the British Navy, Its Decisive Battles and Great Commanders. 2 vols. London: F.V. White, 1885.
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battles; general history; leadership; Royal Navy; sea; sea power;
Keywords:
battles, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, William Henry Davenport. Famous Ships of the British Navy: Stories of Enterprise and Daring of British Seamen. London: Virtue; New York: Virtue & Yorston; London: Strahan, 1868, 1870, 316 pp. Dedication: First Lord of the Admiralty Duke of Somerset; e.g., Henry Grace a' Dieu, Mary Rose, Victory, Bounty, Royal George, Dreadnought.
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general history; HMS Victory; leadership; naval lore; Royal Navy; seaman; seamanship; ship;
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general history, general survey, survey, HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Adams. William Henry Davenport. Heroes of Maritime Discovery. London: Gall & Inglis, 1882, 287 pp.
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expansion; exploration; leadership; merchant marine; naval lore; personality; Royal Navy;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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[Addis, Charles P], comp. The Men Who Fought with Nelson in HMS Victory at Trafalgar. London: Nelson Society, 1988, 144 pp. By former commanding officer, HMS Victory.
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HMS Victory; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; seaman; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Nelson, Horatio, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Aldridge, David D. "Sir John Norris, 1660?-1749." See P. Le Fevre, Precursors of Nelson, pp. 128-49.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Baltic; leadership; personality; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Allardyce, Alexander. Memoir of the Hon. George Keith Elphinstone, KB, Viscount Keith, Admiral of the Red. London: Blackwood, 1882, vi, 432 pp. J.K. Laughton: "a clumsy and frequently inaccurate panegyric"; Marcus: "but no other."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; leadership; memoir; personality; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Allen, David. "From George Monck to the Duke of Albemarle: His Contribution to Charles II's Government, 1660-1670." Biography, 2 (1979): 95-124.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; age of sail; Civil War, English; leadership; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Civil War, English, English, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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age of sail; age of steam; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; exploration; general history; leadership; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; voyage;
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age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)
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Allen, Joseph A. Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte. London: Routledge; Boston: Elibron, 1852, 1853, 1871, 1886, 2001, xvi, 319 pp. Last biographer of Nelson who claimed to have known Nelson; denounced Pettigrew for expose about Horatia, daughter of Lady Hamilton; "to stamp his memory with infamy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; Hamilton, Emma; historian; leadership; Nelson, Horatio; personality; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , historian, history, historical
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Allen, Joseph A. Life of the Earl of Dundonald, GCB, Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom and Admiral of the Red. London: Routledge,1861, xii, 362 pp. Cochrane.
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; battles; Cochrane, Thomas; Latin America; leadership; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Cochrane, Thomas, Dundonald, Earl of Dundonald, Lord Dundonald, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Anglo-French, France , battles, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Anderson, Roger Charles. "English Flag Officers, 1688-1713." MM, 35 (October 1949): 333-41. Centre-Red, Van-White, Rear-Blue; but exceptions.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; leadership; naval guide; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Anderson, Troyer Steele. The Command of the Howe Brothers during the American Revolution. London: Oxford UP; New York: Octagon, 1936, 1971, 1972, vii, 368 pp. Richard Howe & William Howe.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Colonial America; leadership; personality; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Andidora, Ronald. Iron Admirals: Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century. Contributions in Military Studies Series, # 194. Westport: Greenwood, 2000, 208 pp. Included legacy of Nelson, Jellicoe & foreign ones.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Jellicoe, John; leadership; Nelson, Horatio; officer;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Nelson, Horatio
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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond. "Sir Robert Cecil and the Mediterranean Plunder." EnHR, 87 (1972): 513-32. Cecil involved in piracy.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Admiralty; Anglo-Spanish; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; personality; piracy;
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16th century, sixteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person
| 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 |