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Abbe, Ernest C. & Gillis, Frank J. "Henry Hudson and the Early Expedition and Mapping of Hudson Bay, 1610 to 1631." See J. Parker, Merchants and Scholars, pp. 87-116.
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17th C. (1600-1699); cartography; Colonial America; exploration; personality; river;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , river, 17th century, seventeenth, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Abels, Richard Philip. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Early England. The Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1998, xvii, 373 pp. Occasion of 1100th anniversary of death; analysis; focused on "warlord"; some naval aspects.
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personality, prominent leader, noted person , middle ages (400-1399), King Alfred
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Aberdeen and Tremain, Isabel, Countess of. Edward Majoribanks, Lord Tweedmouth, Knight, 1849-1909: Notes and Recollections. London: Constable, 1909, vi, 158 pp. First Lord.
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Abramson, Howard S. Hero in Disgrace: The Life of Arctic Explorer Frederick A. Cook. New York: Paragon, 1991, xix, 251 pp. Foreword: Warren Cook; from Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1909; Frederick A. Cook Society.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; association; exploration; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Adams, Charles Francis. Richard Henry Dana: A Biography. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890, 1891.
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nautical fiction, sea fiction , personality, prominent leader, noted person , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adams, Marion W. & Black, Jeanette D. A List of the Published Writings of Lawrence C. Wroth to December 31, 1950. Frederick Goff, 1951, pp. 485-504. From Essays Honoring Lawrence C. Worth; covered 1905-1950.
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20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; historian; personality; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , historian, history, historical, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Ralph James Quincy. Balfour: The Last Grandee. London: Murray, 2007, 479 pp. First Lord; major new biography; sympathetic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); First Lord; Imperial Defence; Middle East; personality; World War I;
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20th century, twentieth, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Middle East, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Adams, Randolph G. "A View of Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown." AHR, 37 (October 1931): 25-49. Washington's American & French forces, army & navy, converged at Yorktown; Royal Navy pressured at home by French & Dutch; British failed; "When Britain failed to muddle through."
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Anglo-American; Anglo-French; battles; Colonial America; personality; Royal Navy; Yorktown;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Yorktown, campaign, battle, Battle of Chesapeake, surrender, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Adams, Simon L. "Introduction: Conference: Elizabeth I and the Expansion of England." NMM, 4-6 September 2003. TRHS, 6 ser, 14 (September 2003): 119-22.
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16th C. (1500-1599); colonialism; expansion; imperialism; personality;
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16th century, sixteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , personality, prominent leader, noted person , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Adams, Simon L. "New Light on the 'Reformation' of John Hawkins: Notes and Documents." EnHR, 105 (January 1990): 96-111. Documents from Huntington Library; Hawkins, Treasurer of Navy, 1577-1595; confirmation of his initiatives in preparation of fleet, early 1580s, new building & repairs.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; critique of Royal Navy; dockyard; Imperial Defence; personality; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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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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Adelson, Roger. London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994, 1995, xii, 244 pp. 72 illustrations; term first used by Mahan; emphasis on decision-making process, especially those of Balfour, Lloyd George, Churchill, Kitchener & Landsdown; issues: Baghdad Railway, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Dardanelles, secret diplomacy, Balfour Declaration, Lawrence of Arabia & "Empire on the Cheap."
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Gallipoli; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Middle East; oil ; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Middle East, oil , economics, economic policy, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
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Agar, Augustus. Baltic Episode: A Classic of Secret Service in Russian Waters. London: Hodder & Stoughton; Annapolis: NIP, 1963, 1983, 255 pp. Dedication: Admiral Sir Walter Cowan; Baltic operations of RN, 1919-1920; small attack boats in Gulf of Finland; sank Soviet cruiser; by operational commander who received Victoria Cross; written after his retirement.
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Anglo-Russian; Baltic; battles; intelligence; interwar; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , battles, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, interwar, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo: Kodansha; New York: Harper; New York: Hill & Wang, 1965, 1979, 1992, 397 pp. Trans: John Bester; Yamamoto, 1884-1943, early service in the U.S. & Britain; the most authoritative Japanese biography.
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Anglo-Japanese; Far East; interwar; officer; personality; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, interwar
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Airy, George Biddell. Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, . . . . Plautius, . . . . and by Claudius Caesar. . . . London, 1865. Collection of letters & papers; included paper on places of departure & landing of Caesar.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality;
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ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Airy, George Biddell. "On the Place of Julius Caesar's Departure from Gaul for the Invasion of Britain, and the Place of His Landing in Britian: With an Appendix on the Battle of Hastings." Archaeologia, 34 (1852). By prolific observer.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality; port;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, invasion, armada, landing , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Aitchison, David. Royal Standard, Red Ensign with the Queen in the Gothic. London: Pall Mall, 1958, xii, 248 pp. Queen Elizabeth II, Round the World tour, 1953, Shaw Savill's Gothic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); exploration; navigation; personality; Royal Navy; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Albert, Marvin H. Broadsides and Boarders: An Account of the Great Captains Who Fought with Cannon under Sail, and of Their Battles. London: Harrap; New York: Appleton-Century, 1957, 1958, x, 360 pp. 300 years of sailing ship warfare; Nelson as greatest commander; others Sea Beggars, Sea Dogs, Generals-at-Sea, Hawke, Suffren & Decatur.
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Admiralty; age of sail; battles; gunnery; Nelson, Horatio; officer; personality;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Alden, Dauril. Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life: Soldier, Historian, Collector, Traveller. Lisbon: Fundacao Oriente, 2001, 616 pp. Assisted: James S. Cummins & Michael Cooper; Boxer, 1904-2000, Isle of Wight; best scholar on Portuguese & Dutch maritime empires.
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Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-Portuguese; historian; imperialism; maritime history; personality;
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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal , historian, history, historical, maritime history, naval history , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Samuel Plimsoll and the Shipping Interest." Maritime History, 1 (April 1971): 73-95. Problem of "crimps," process whereby British owners exploited merchant seamen.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; merchant marine; personality; seaman; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, 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 |