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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, 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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Adams, Thomas R. Rare Americana: One Hundred and One Books, Prints and Maps Not in the John Carter Brown Library. Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1974, 77 pp. By the Director, listing items desired to be acquired by the library.
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bibliography; cartography; literature; naval guide; naval lore;
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bibliography, list, listing , literature, culture, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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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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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.
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Aircraft carrier; aviation; memoir; naval lore; Royal Navy; World War II;
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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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Aflalo, Frederick George. The Sea-Fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea Fisheries and Fishing Ports of Those Countries. London: Edward Stanford, 1904, xx, 386 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; age of steam; fishing; merchant marine; naval lore; port;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, age of sail, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling
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Aldgate, Anthony & Richards, Jeffrey. Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War. Edinburgh: Edinburgh HP; Oxford: Blackwell, 1986, 1994, 312 pp. Prominent example: "In Which We Serve," story of Mountbatten & HMS Kelly; directed by Noel Coward, 1942; stimulated British morale.
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Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; First Sea Lord; Mountbatten, Louis; naval lore; World War II;
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Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , world war 2, second world war
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Alexander, Philip F., ed. The Earliest Voyages Round the World, 1519-1617. Cambridge Travel Books Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1925, 228 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; circumnavigation; naval lore; navigation;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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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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Allen, Paula Gunn. Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003, 2004, 366 pp. Popular history.
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Colonial America; diplomacy; enterprise; health; intelligence; Jamestown; naval lore; trade; woman;
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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , woman, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Allen, Roland. "A Stag Stands on Ceremony: Evaluating Some of the Sutton Hoo Finds." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library, 79 (Autumn 1997): 167-75. Whetstone stag, the symbol of kingship; analysis of the artifacts from Anglo-Saxon era.
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anglo-saxon; Middle Ages (400-1399); nautical archaeology; naval lore; Sutton Hoo; Viking;
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anglo-saxon, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Sutton Hoo, ship burial, archaeological site , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , middle ages (400-1399), Viking, Norse, Norseman, Northman
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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "The United States Naval Institute Intellectual Forum of the New Navy, 1873-1889." Ph.D. diss, Maine, Orono, 1976.
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20th C. (1900-1999); association; nautical fiction; naval lore; United States Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , nautical fiction, sea fiction , united states navy, US navy
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Allison, A.F. English Translations from the Spanish and Portuguese to the Year 1700: An Annotated Catalogue of the Extant Printed Versions (Excluding Dramatic Adaptations). Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974, 224 pp. Author & translator catalogue; unnumbered entries; subjects, e.g., Drake & navigation.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Portuguese; Anglo-Spanish; bibliography; memoir; naval guide; naval lore; navigation;
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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , bibliography, list, listing , 17th century, seventeenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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An Alphabet of Ships. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson; Greenwich: NMM, c. 1865, 2004, 2005, 16 pp. Folio; intro: Pieter van der Merwe; facsimile of original, children's rhyming book to teach letters; charming & colorful.
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19th C. (1800-1899); education; juvenile literature; naval lore; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, juvenile literature, children's, junior, ship, boat, vessel, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Anderson, Alex. Windjammer Yarns. London: Witherby, 1923, 253 pp.
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age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Ansted, A. A Dictionary of Sea Terms. Glasgow: Brown, 1893, 1917, 1928, 1985, iv, 355 pp. Revised by Peter Clissold; longtime favorite.
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naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , literature, culture, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Apps, Michael. The Four Ark Royals. London: Kimber, 1976, 256 pp. Foreword: Michael Fell; 1st a galleon of 1630s.
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age of sail; age of steam; Aircraft carrier; naval guide; naval lore; Royal Navy; ship;
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age of sail, age of steam, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Arber, Edward, comp. An English Garner: Ingathering from Our History and Our Literature. 12 vols. London: Constable, 1877-1896, 1903, 1904.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Arber, Edward. Adventures on the Seas by English Sailors in the Great Days of Old. (Selections from An English Garner). Blackie's English Texts Series, # 1. London: Constable, 1931, 125 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); age of sail; condition; naval lore; seaman;
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age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , 15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth
| 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 |