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Adams, William Henry Davenport. England on the Sea: Or, the Story of the British Navy, Its Decisive Battles and Great Commanders. 2 vols. London: F.V. White, 1885.

Keywords:

battles, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, Baker, William A. & Labaree, Benjamin W. New England and the Sea. American Maritime Library Series, vol. 5. Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1972, xiv, 299 pp. Folio; illus: Marion V. Brewington.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, commerce, trade, business

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Altschul, Michael. "By Land and By Sea: Medieval and Renaissance Warfare." Medieval Humanistica, 15 (1987): 211-13.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, anglo-saxon, battles, middle ages (400-1399), sea, ocean, maritime

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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.

Categories:

Festschrift; museum; sea;

Keywords:

Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , museum, sea, ocean, maritime

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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. Maritime India in the Seventeenth Century. New York: Oxford UP, 1994, ix, 294 pp. Determining factors: geography, geology & climate: winds, monsoon, currents.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , maritime history, naval history , science , sea, ocean, maritime

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Armstrong, Terence E. "The Development of the Northern Sea Route." D.Phil. diss, Cambridge, 1951. (ASLIB 1-523).

Keywords:

north sea, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World

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Armstrong, Warren. Battle of the Oceans. London: Jarrolds, 1943, 183 pp.

Categories:

general history; sea;

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, sea, ocean, maritime

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Bailyn, Bernard. Atlantic History: Concept and Contours. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2005, ix, 149 pp. Linked visions, European & American.

Keywords:

Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , culture, music, literature, language, art , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, general history, general survey, survey, sea, ocean, maritime

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Ballard, Robert D., ed. Archaeological Oceanography. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2008, 296 pp.

Keywords:

nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , science , sea, ocean, maritime

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Bowen, Frank Charles. His Majesty's Coastguard: The Story of This Important Naval Force from the Earliest Times to the Present. London: Hutchinson, 1928, 288 pp. Customs Service, 1428; Lifeboat Service; to Board of Trade.

Keywords:

seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , sea, ocean, maritime , maritime history, naval history , general history, general survey, survey,

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Bowen, Frank Charles. The Sea, Its History and Romance. 4 vols. London: H. & T. Smith, 1925-1926.

Categories:

general history; sea;

Keywords:

sea, ocean, maritime , general history, general survey, survey

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Boxer, Charles Roger. "Sedentary Workers and Seafaring Folk in the Dutch Republic." See J. Bromley, Britain & the Netherlands, II. (1962/1964), pp. 148-68. Lamented decline.

Categories:

Anglo-Dutch; sea; seaman;

Keywords:

Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , sea, ocean, maritime

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Boxer, Charles Roger. The Dutch Seaborne Empire, 1600-1800. The History of Human Society Series. New York: Knopf; New York: Viking Penguin, 1965, 1989, 560 pp. Classic; model for others.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, empire, commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, sea power, sea, ocean, maritime

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Braudel, Fernand. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. 2 vols. Paris: Libraririe Armand Colin; New York: HarperCollins, 1949, 1966, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1578 pp. 1-vol. ed., 1992, 624 pp. Classic & model; great masterpiece; multidisciplinary appraoch; unsurpassed.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, empire, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea power, sea, ocean, maritime , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Brenton, Jahleel. An Appeal to the British Nation: On Behalf of Her Sailors. London: Nisbet, 1838, 107 pp. Younger brother of Edward Brenton.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , sea power, sea, ocean, maritime

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Brown, Cassie. Writing the Sea. St. John's: Flanker, 2005, x, 164 pp. Anthology, Canadian writer; sea tragedies, e.g., U-Boat sinkings, Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Keywords:

age of steam, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , sea, ocean, maritime , literature, culture, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Fusaro,Maria, Heywood, Colin & Omri, Mohammed Salah, eds. Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Braudel's Maritime Legacy. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010, 336 pp. 13 essays, some cited; 1949, Braudel revolutionized Mediterranean history; assessment 60 years later.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, commerce, trade, business, culture, music, literature, language, art , economics, economic policy, historian, history, historical, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea, ocean, maritime , exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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The American Revolution and the Sea: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference of the International Commission for Maritime History. Greenwich: NMM, 1974. Essays; some cited.

Keywords:

association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, maritime history, naval history , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , sea, ocean, maritime , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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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