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Adams, Jonathan & Black, Jennifer. "From Rescue to Research: Medieval Ship Finds in St. Peter Port, Guernsey." IJ Nau Res, 33 (2004): 230-52.

Keywords:

English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , middle ages (400-1399)

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Adams, Thomas A. Irish Naval Service. World Ship Society Monograph Series, # 4. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1982, 72 pp. History of service from 1922; issues: Treaty Ports, secession from Commonwealth & denial of use of "Treaty Ports" during 2nd World War.

Keywords:

Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , neutrality, neutral, treaty , 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.

Keywords:

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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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.

Keywords:

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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Alban, J.R. "National Defence in England, 1337-1389." Ph.D. diss, Liverpool, 1976. (ASLIB 28-585).

Keywords:

English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , middle ages (400-1399), port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England and France: And the Cotton Ports. Princeton: Princeton UP; Hamden: Archon, 1938, 1965, xii, 371 pp.

Keywords:

age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, ship, boat, vessel

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Albren, Pedro de. Historia del saqueo de Cadiz por los Ingleses en 1596. Cadiz, 1866.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Aldcroft, Derek Howard & Freeman, Michael J., eds. Transport in the Industrial Revolution. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983, x, 237 pp. 6 essays, some cited; coastal shipping & ports.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , commerce, trade, business, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Aldous, Tony. "Royal Recovery." HisTod, 44 (July 1994): 6-7. Royal William Yard, Plymouth restoration; early 19th-century industrial buildings; named for William IV.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , Royal Navy, Britain, England, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Allen, Trevor. The Storm Passed By: Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1941. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1996, 197 pp. Balanced account of stance of neutrality.

Keywords:

Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , neutrality, neutral, treaty , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty

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Aman, Jacques. Une Campagne navale meconnue a la veille de la guerre de Sept Ans L'escadre de Brest en 1755. Vincennes: Service Historique, 1986, 203 pp. Service Historique.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , blockade, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Ames, Azel. The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621: Chiefly from Original Sources. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901, xxii, 375 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , voyage, ship, boat, vessel

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Antunes, Catia & Sicking, Louis. "Ports on the Border of the State, 1200-1800: An Introduction." IJ Mar His, 19 (December 2007): 273-86. Forum: International Conference on Urban History; continuity & change, ports, middle ages.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , maritime history, naval history , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, middle ages (400-1399), age of sail

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Appleby, John C. "Conflict, Cooperation and Competition?: The Rise and Fall of the Hull Whaling Trade during the Seventeenth Century." Nor Mar, 18 (April 2008): 23-59. Competition, Muscovy Company.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, company, charter, shipping, commercial , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet

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Archibald, Malcolm. Whalehunters: Dundee and the Arctic Whalers. Edinburgh: Mereat, 2004, xi, 180 pp.

Keywords:

age of steam, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Armstrong, John & Fenton, Roy. "Crisis and Response in the British East Coast Coal Trade to London, 1850-1950." See L. Scholl, Crisis and Transition, pp. 48-61.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, coal, propulsion, coaling, collier, to coal ship , coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine

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Armstrong, John Griffith. The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue. Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Vancouver: British Columbia UP, 2002, viii, 248 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , world war 1, first world war, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Armytage, Frances. The Free Port System in the British West Indies: A Study of Commercial Policy, 1766-1822. London: Longman, 1953, viii, 178 pp. For Royal Empire Society; system, 1808-1822.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, economics, economic policy, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Arnold, Anthony John. Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915: An Economic and Business History. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000, 198 pp. 280 ships for Admiralty; Overend & Gurney.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , river, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders,

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Ascott, D.E., Lewis, J.E. & Power, M.J. Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2006, 224 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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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