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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Safe Sea. Liverpool: Journal of Commerce, Birchall, 1932, xxxi, 228 pp. Sir Westcott Stile Abell.
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commerce, trade, business, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Ship and Her Work. Studies in Commerce Series, # 2. London: Gee, 1923, 114 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Abranson, Erik. Sailors of the Great Sailing Ships. Macdonald Living History Series. London: Macdonald, 1977, 1978, 61 pp. Illus: Edward Mortelmans; trans (F); juvenile literature.
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age of sail, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , ship, boat, vessel
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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;
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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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Addison, Albert Christopher & Matthew, William Henry. A Deathless Story: Or, the Birkenhead and Its Heroes. London: Hutchinson, 1902, 1906, xvi, 318 pp. Over 60 illustrations; subtitle continued: Being the Only Full Authentic Account of the Famous Shipwrecks Extant. . . .
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19th century, nineteenth, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , ship, boat, vessel
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1908, 1909, 1954, `964, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1983, xxviii, 1684 pp.. Basic textbook of seamanship; I: basics, II: for promotion, III: advancement; various editions per volume.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; navigation; officer; seamanship;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Allen, Craig H. Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road. Annapolis: NIP, 2005, xii, 719 pp. 8th edition; comprehensive American primer; Raymond F Farwell.
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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allington, Peter & Greenhill, Basil. The First Atlantic Liners: Seamanship in the Age of Paddle Wheel, Sail and Screw. London: Conway; Washington: Brassey, 1997, 167 pp. Folio; problems of handling early steamships at sea; based on original logbooks.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; architecture; liner; navigation; propulsion ; seamanship;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , liner, passenger liner, steamship , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Allis, Frederick S., Jr., ed. Seafaring in Colonial Massachusetts: A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 21-22 November 1975. Boston: Colonial Society, 1980, xviii, 240 pp. Essays, some cited.
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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , 18th century, eighteenth
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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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Anderson, George William. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of the Voyages Around the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. . . . Captain Cook's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Last Voyages. . . . in the Years 1768. . ., 1780. . ., Sir Joseph Banks, Dr. Solander, Dr. King, Dr. Hawkesworth. . . . [plus] those of Lord Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret. . . . London: Alexander Hogg, 1784, 655 pp. Folio; important compilation.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-French; Banks, Joseph; cartography; circumnavigation; Cook, James; navigation; personality; Royal Navy; seamanship; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Cook, James, banks, joseph, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Anderson, James. The Hudson Bay Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Transaction Series, # 20. Toronto: Canadiana House, 1969. Intro: S. Mickle; originally the Canadian Women's Historical Society.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Arctic; exploration; Franklin, John; seamanship; wreck;
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19th century, nineteenth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , Franklin, John, Arctic expedition, search for Franklin, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Anderson, Roger Charles, ed. A Treatise on Rigging. Society for Nautical Researh Occasional Publication Series, # 2. London: SNR, 1921, 18 pp. From MSS, 1625, at Petworth House.
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age of sail; architecture; association; seamanship; shipbuilding;
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age of sail, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Anderson, E.W. The Principles of Navigation. London: Hollis & Carter, 1966, 622 pp.
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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , voyage, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond. Ships, Money and Politics: Seafaring and Naval Enterprise in the Reign of Charles I. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1991, ix, 240 pp. 8 related essays.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; age of sail; Colonial America; colonialism; enterprise; expansion; Royal Navy; seamanship; ship; trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , colonialism, colony, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Anson, Walter Vernon, arranger. Detail Book for the Use of Officers of H.M. Ships. Portsmouth: Griffin, 1896, 104 pp.
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Admiralty; education; naval guide; navigation; officer; Royal Navy; seamanship;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, Royal Navy, Britain, England, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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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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Antony, Robert J. Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China. China Research Monograph Series, # 56. Berkeley: Calfornia UP, 2003, xi, 198 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Chinese; Far East; piracy; seamanship;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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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.
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age of sail; exploration; general history; leadership; maritime history; navigation; seaman; seamanship;
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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
| 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 |