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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Knopf, 1998, x, 213 pp. Folio; for American Museum of Natural History; Sir Ernest Shackleton's 3rd expedition, 1914-1917; trapped; expedition grossly unprepared & incompetent.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; critique of Royal Navy; exploration; memorial; museum; Shackleton, Ernest;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Shackleton, Ernest, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.
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16th C. (1500-1599); association; Mary Rose; museum; nautical archaeology; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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All at Sea. National Maritime Museum Activity Book. Greenwich: NMM, 2004, 16 pp. Juvenile literature; included pirate hat & paper boats.
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juvenile literature; maritime history; museum; naval guide; naval lore; piracy;
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maritime history, naval history , museum, juvenile literature, children's, junior, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Allwood, John. The Great Exhibitions: 150 Years. London: Studio Vista; London: ECL, 1977, 2001, 192 pp. Folio; not included: Royal Naval Exhibtion, 1891.
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19th C. (1800-1899); memorial; museum; Royal Navy; science ; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England, museum, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Alsford, Stephen, ed. The Meta Incognita Project: Contribution to Field Studies. Mercury Series Dir. Paper, # 6. Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993, viii, 219 pp. Essays, some cited.
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Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , museum, science
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Anderson, Roger Charles. Catalogue of Ship-Models: Scale Models. London: HMSO, 1952, 133 pp. For NMM.
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Admiralty; architecture; association; model; museum; ship; shipbuilding;
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, model, ship model, model building , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, museum, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Annis, Philip Geoffrey Walter, ed. "Ingrid" and Other Studies, Papers, by Members of the Staff of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. London: NMM Bookshop, 1978, 140 pp. Presented to David W. Waters; essays.
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , museum, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Annis, Philip Geoffrey Walter, ed. Sea Studies: Essays in Honour of Basil Greenhill. Greenwich: NMM, 1983, pp. 63-70. Essays, some cited.
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Festschrift; museum; sea;
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Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , museum, sea, ocean, maritime
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Aslet, Clive. Greenwich Millennium: The 2000-Year Story of Greenwich. London: Fourth Estate, 1999, 64 pp.
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age of sail; age of steam; general history; maritime history; memorial; museum; navigation; science ;
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age of sail, age of steam, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, science , general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history
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Aslet, Clive. The Story of Greenwich. Cambridge: Harvard UP; London: Fourth Estate, 1999, 288 pp. Opens: funeral of Nelson.
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instrument, navigation, compass, clock , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Nelson, Horatio
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Babaian, Sharon. Setting Course: A History of Marine Navigation in Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Science & Technology Museum, 2007, 162 pp.
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cartography; maritime history; museum; navigation; Royal Canadian Navy;
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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , maritime history, naval history , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , museum
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Bailey, Chris Howard. Remembering Nelson. Portsmouth: RNM. In 1995, noted as forthcoming. Documents from the Lilly McCarthy's Nelsonian Collection.
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memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio, museum
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Bately, Janet & Englert, Anton, eds. Ohther's Voyages: A Late Nineth-Century Account of Voyages along the Coast of Norway and Denmark and Its Cultural Context. Maritime Culture of the North Sea Series. Roskilde" Viking Ship Museum, 2007, 216 pp. 55 illustrations, 29 maps; voyages of trader; interdisciplinary.
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19th C. (1800-1899); culture; maritime history; memoir; museum; North Sea; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, north sea, museum, culture, music, literature, language, art , maritime history, naval history , voyage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Bligh, William. William Bligh: Extraordinary Seaman: A Look at His Life and Times: An Exhibition Held by the Earl and Countess of Devon in Their Home during Maritime England Year, 1982. London: Pitcairn, 1982, 49 pp.
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Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , museum
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Brewington, Marion Vernon. The Peabody Museum Collection of Navigating Instruments with Notes on Their Makers. Salem: Peabody Museum, 1963, xii, 154 pp. Folio, 56 plates.
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museum, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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British Museum. A Guide to the Manuscripts, Printed Books, Prints and Medals Exhibited on the Occasion of the Nelson Centenary. London: British Museum, 1905, 604 pp. Large catalogue, 7771 entries; divided into several sections.
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20th century, twentieth, culture, music, literature, language, art , bibliography, list, listing , museum
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Brooks, Richard & Little, Matthew. Tracing Your Royal Marine Ancesters: A Guide for Family Historians. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2008, xiv, 173 pp. Association: Royal Marine Museum.
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memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Marine, commando
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Morzer Bruyns, Willem F.J. and Dunn, Richard, Sextants at Greenwich. A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-Staffs, Back-Staffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintets, Reflecting Circles and Artificial Horizons in the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich: Oxford University Press, 2009) 336pp
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bibliography, list, listing , museum
| 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 |