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Abernathy, Cecil. Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane: A Narrative Based on Pepys' Diary. New York: McGraw-Hill; London: Allen, 1957, 1958, 384 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Pepys, Samuel, Secretary to Admiralty, famous diary , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Abraham, J. Johnston. The Surgeon's Log: Impressions of the Far East. London: Chapman & Hall, 1911, 1912, 1913, xiv, 302 pp. Memoir.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Adams, Charles Hansford, ed. The Narrative of Robert Adams, a Barbary Captive: A Critical Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004, 2005, lxvi, 190 pp. African-American sailor memoir of 1815; shipwrecked, captive, to Africa, Cadiz, London.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Adams, Simon L., ed. "The Armada Correspondence in Cotton MSS Otho E VII and E IX." See M. Duffy, Naval Miscellany VI., pp. 37-92.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Addison, Thomas. "Extracts from the Journals of Thomas Addison, of the East India Company Service, 1801-1830." See J. Laughton, Naval Miscellany, II., pp. 333-74.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , company, charter, shipping, commercial , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Adlam, Henry. On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007. "Hank" Adlam; memoir, RAF aerial operations.

Keywords:

aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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Agar, Augustus. Footsteps in the Sea. London: Evans, 1959, 336 pp. Memoir, 1st & 2nd World Wars; secret operations in Baltic in 1st; shipped gold reserves of Britain to U.S. in 2nd.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , economics, economic policy, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Agar, Augustus. Showing the Flag. London: Evans, 1962, 304 pp. Memoir, service during interwar period.

Categories:

interwar; memoir; Royal Navy;

Keywords:

interwar, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Agnew, Vanessa. "A Scots Orpheus in the South Seas: Encounter Music on Cook's Second Voyage." J Mar Res (1 May 2001). Use of music in cross-cultural encounters.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts

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Aiken, Alexander. In Time of War. Glasgow: A. Aiken, 1980, xiv, 430 pp. Supply ships involved in naval operations, 2nd World War.

Categories:

logistics; memoir; ship; World War II;

Keywords:

logistics, supply, supplies, world war 2, second world war, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , ship, boat, vessel

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Aitchison, Robert. A British Eyewitness at the Battle of New Orleans: The Memoir of Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison, 1808-1827. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans, 2004, 149 pp. Ed: Gene A. Smith.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Aitken, Jonathan. John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace. London: Continuum, 2007, xix, 308 pp. Foreword: Philip Yancey; useful & popular study of famous figure; to RN, flogged, to slaving ship, to abolitionist; wrote "Amazing Grace."

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts

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Akrigg, G.P.V. & Akrigg, Helen B. HMS Virago in the Pacific, 1851-1855: To the Queen Charlottes and Beyond. Victoria: Sono Nis, 1992, 209 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel

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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. New York: Walker, 1964, 134 pp. Nautical fiction; juvenile literature; young English sailor, thence to American navy during War of 1812; based on Samuel Leech, 1798-1848.

Keywords:

age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , united states navy, US navy, ship, boat, vessel, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Alexander, Andrew. "Negotiation, Trade and the Rituals of Endurance: An Examination of the Slave Trading Voyage of De Zon, 1775-1776." Itinerario, 31 (2007): 39-58.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage

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Alexander, Caroline. Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar Bound Cat. London: Bloomsbury, 1997, xvii, 170 pp. Fiction; intro: Lord Mouser-Hunt; ship's cat on polar expedition.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , literature, culture, Shackleton, Ernest

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Alexander, Edward Porter, ed. The Journal of James Fontaine: An Irish Huguenot Son in Spain and Virginia, 1710-1719. Charlottesville: Virginia UP, 1972, xii, 190 pp. For Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; account of horrors of the sea.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Alexander, Harold. The Alexander Memoirs, 1940-1945. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962, xiii, 209 pp. Ed: John North; memoir of Field Marshal Earl Alexander; included Dunkirk, Burma & Italy; not informative.

Keywords:

dunkirk, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, world war 2, second world war, 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

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