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Adams, Simon L. "Drake's Voyage of 1585." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, 1991.

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Drake, Francis, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , voyage

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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.

Keywords:

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, Simon L. "Tactics or Politics?: The 'Military Revolution' and the Habsburg Hegemony, 1525-1648." See J. Lynn, Tools of War, pp. 28-52.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Military Revolution, controversy, debate , tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Adams, Simon L. The Armada Campaign of 1588. New Appreciations in History Series, # 13. London: Historical Association, 1988, 24 pp.

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , general history, general survey, survey

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Adams, Simon L. "The Armada: Battle in the Downs." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, pp. 173-96.

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Adams, Simon L. "The Lurch into War: The Spanish Armada." His Tod, 38 (May 1988): 18-25. Armada a surprise to English; Channel battling unplanned.

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , armada, Spanish, invasion

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Adams, Simon L. "The Outbreak of the Elizabethan Naval War against the Spanish Empire: The Embargo of May 1585 and Sir Francis Drake's West Indies Voyage." See M. Rodreguez-Salgado, England, Spain and the Gran Armada, pp. 45-69. Question of who provoked whom.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , commerce, trade, business, Drake, Francis, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony

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Adams, Simon L., ed. "The Armada Correspondence in Cotton MSS Otho E VII and E IX." See M. Duffy, Naval Miscellany VI., pp. 37-92.

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Report of a Committee Appointed by the Admiralty to Examine and Consider the Evidence Relating to the Tactics Employed by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. London: HMSO, 1913, xvi, 107 pp. Report of formal study committee set up in 1912; use of the literature, e.g., Desbriere, Corbett, Mahan, Laughton, Newbolt & James.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , battles, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, tactics, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia

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Aiton, A.S. "The Assiento Treaty as Reflected in the Papers of Lord Shelburne." HisAHR, 8 (1928): 167-77. Assiento, contract to supply slaves to Spanish colonies.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Alberti, Leonora de & Chapman, A.B. Wallis. "English Traders and the Spanish Canary Inquistion in the Canaries during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth." TRHS, 3 ser, 3 (1909): 237-54. Pointly noted as "Miss."

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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, colonialism, colony, religion, chaplain, chapel

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "British Shipping and Latin America, 1806-1914." J Econ Hist, 11 (Fall 1951): 361-74. John Hawkins led; to break Iberian monopoly.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , merchant marine, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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

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

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Alcala Galiano, Pelayo. El combate de Trafalgar. 2 vols. Madrid: Edicion facsimilar; Madrid: Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval, 2003, 2004, 982 pp.

Keywords:

age of sail, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , battles

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Aldous, Grahame. "'Death and Glory': Bring Home the News of Trafalgar." Nel Dis, 8 (July 2004): 425-28. Account of Lt. John Lapennotiere & HMS Pickle bringing Trafalgar dispatch to Admiralty, October-November 1805; bicentennial reenactment.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable

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Alexander, Edward Porter, ed. The Journal of James Fontaine: An Irish Huguenot Son in Spain and Virginia, 1710-1719. Charlottesville: Virginia UP, 1972, xii, 190 pp. For Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; account of horrors of the sea.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Allaire, B. "Martin Frobisher, the Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Spy." See T. Symons, Meta Incognita, II., pp. 575-88.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Frobisher, Martin, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , voyage, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England

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Allen, D.F. "The Order of St. John and Cromwell's Navy, 1649-1660." MM, 79 (May 1993): 142-54. Foundation of Hospitaller Order; on continent but when protectors, Spain & France, at war, English Commonwealth steped in.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Civil War, English, English, England, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, 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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