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Adam, P., ed. Seamen in Society: Proceedings of the International Commission for Maritime History, Bucharest, August 1980. Essays, e.g., Sarah Palmer & Conrad Dixon.
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association; condition; maritime history; seaman; seamanship;
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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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;
Keywords:
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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[Addis, Charles P], comp. The Men Who Fought with Nelson in HMS Victory at Trafalgar. London: Nelson Society, 1988, 144 pp. By former commanding officer, HMS Victory.
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HMS Victory; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; seaman; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Nelson, Horatio, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.
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Admiralty; condition; discipline; naval guide; officer; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; woman;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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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
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Alsop, J.D & Hair, P.E.H., eds. English Seamen and Traders in New Guinea, 1553-1565: The New Evidence of Their Wills. Dyfed: Edwin Mellen, 1992, 392 pp. Study of 90 wills; seamen & traders who died in early voyages, West Africa.
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16th C. (1500-1599); condition; merchant marine; Royal Navy; seaman; trade;
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16th century, sixteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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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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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond. "The Elizabethan Seaman." MM, 68 (1982): 245-62. Emphasis on social history.
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16th century, sixteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Appleby, John C., et al. "Roundtable: Review of Cheryl A. Fury, Tides in the Affairs of Men: The Social History of Elizabethan Seamen, 1580-1603." IJ Mar His, 14 (2002): 293-330. Reponse by Fury.
Categories:
16th C. (1500-1599); age of sail; condition; Royal Navy; seaman;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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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;
Keywords:
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
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Armstrong, Richard, Fayle, C.E. & Harding, A.C. A History of Seafaring. 3 vols. I: The Discoverers. II: The Early Mariners. III: The Merchantmen. Westport: Praeger; London: Benn, 1967-1969, 671 pp. Folio; colorful coverage; from ancient times.
Categories:
age of sail; exploration; general history; leadership; maritime history; navigation; seaman; seamanship;
Keywords:
age of sail, maritime history, naval history , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , general history, general survey, survey, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Aspley, John. Speculum Nauticum: A Looking Glass for Sea-Men: First Set Down by John Aspley. London: Godbid, 1647, 1655, 1668, 1678, 96 pp. Original in Bodleian Library; at least 9 editions.
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17th C. (1600-1699); memoir; memorial; naval guide; naval lore; seaman;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Auer, Jens & Belasus, Mike. "The British Brig Water Nymph or . . . . Even an Englishman Cannot Take the Liberty to Deride a Civil Servant on German Soil." IJ Nau Archm 37 (2008): 130-41.
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age of sail, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , ship, boat, vessel, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , discipline
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Austin, Frances. Robert Clift of Bodmin: Able Seaman, 1790-1799. Sturminster Newton: Meldon, 1983, 41 pp. Memoir.
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18th C. (1700-1799); condition; memoir; Royal Navy; seaman; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Aydelotte, Frank. "Elizabethan Seamen in Mexico and Ports of the Spanish Main." AHR, 48 (October 1942): 1-19. Hawkins abandoned seamen in 1568; tried by Inquisition.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; Colonial America; colonialism; imperialism; prisoner of war; religion; seaman;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, religion, chaplain, chapel , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Ayshford, Derek & Ayshford, Pamela. Seamen at the Battle of Trafalgar. Trafalgar Roll; 21,000 seamen; detailed statistics.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; condition; memorial; seaman; Trafalgar;
Keywords:
age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , battles, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Ayshford, Pamela & Ayshford, Derek. The Ayshford Trafalgar Roll CD. Database; 2 editions: Special & Standard; details of over 21,000 seamen & marines.
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Admiralty; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; condition; memorial; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; Trafalgar;
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Babington-Smith, Constance. John Masefield: A Life. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1978, xvi, 261 pp. Masefield, 1878-1967.
Categories:
age of sail; condition; historian; naval lore; personality; seaman;
Keywords:
age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , historian, history, historical, personality, prominent leader, noted person , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Bachner, Evan, comp. At Ease: Navy Men of World War II. New York: Abrams; London: Thames & Hudson, 2004, 160 pp. Folio; from Naval Aviation Photographic Unit.
Categories:
aviation; condition; Royal Naval Reserve; Royal Navy; seaman; World War II;
Keywords:
aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , world war 2, second world war
| 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 |