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Allen, Richard C. "'Remember Me to My Good Friend Captain Walker': James Cook and the North Yorkshire Quakers." See G. Williams, Captain Cook, pp. 21-36.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Cook, James, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage, north sea

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Andersen, Svein S. The Struggle over North Sea Oil and Gas: Government Strategies in Denmark, Britain and Norway. Oslo: Scandinavian UP; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1993, viii, 204 pp.

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20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , oil , economics, economic policy, north sea, strategy, strategic

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Archer, Clive & Scrivener, David, eds. Northern Waters: Security and Resource Issues. London: Croom Helm, 1986, xii, 240 pp. For Royal Institute of International Affairs; 15 essays, some cited.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , north sea, oil , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Armstorng, Terence E. "Transportation of Resources from and through the Northern Waters." See C. Archer, Norhern Waters, pp. 55-68.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , logistics, supply, supplies, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , north sea, voyage

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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, Terence E. The Northern Sea Route: Soviet Eploitation of the North East Passage. Scott Solar Research Institute Publication Series, # 1. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1952, 1953, 1956, 219 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , north sea, strategy, strategic, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Astrom, Sven-Erik. From Tar to Timber: Studies in Northeast European Forest Exploitation and Foreign Trade, 1660-1860. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Science & Letters, 1988, 229 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, logistics, supply, supplies, north sea, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, wool, commercial product, wool trade

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Astrom, Sven-Erik. "North European Timber Exports to Great Britain, 1760-1810." See P. Cottrell, Shipping, Trade and Commerce, pp. 81-98. Norway replaced as main exporter; to Baltic & White Sea ports.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, logistics, supply, supplies, north sea, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bagwell, Philip & Lyth, Peter. Transport in Britain, 1750-2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon, 2002, xiii, 258 pp. Long-range survey.

Keywords:

coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , general history, general survey, survey, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bagwell, Philip S. "Coastal Shipping." See D. Alcroft, Transport in Industrial Revolution, pp. 142-76 & M. Freeman, Trnasport in Victorian Britain, pp. 171-217.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Baines, Stephen. The Yorkshire Mary Rose: The Ship General CArlton of Whitby. Pickering: Blackthorn, 2010, vi, 169 pp. 1785, English trading ship sank off coast of Poland; discovered, 1991; a treasure of artefacts.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , north sea, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum

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Baird, Bob. Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay. Dunheath: Whittles, 2009, x, 286 pp. Division by geographical region; individual details.

Keywords:

Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , river, north sea, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Baird. Bob. Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay. Dunheath: Whittles, 2009, 286 pp. Details, index of location & index of locations. 

Keywords:

Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , river, north sea, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Bales, Jack & Warner, Richard, eds. Boon Island: Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley. Hanover: New England UP, 1996, xii, 373 pp. By Kenneth Lewis Roberts.

Keywords:

galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme , middle ages (400-1399), nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , north sea

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Bamford, Paul Walden. "French Shipping in North European Trade, 1660-1789." J Mod Hist, 26 (September 1954): 207-19.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , north sea, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bang-Andersen, Arne, Greenhill, Basil & Grude, Egil Harald, eds. The North Sea: A Highway of Economic and Cultural Exchange: Character History. Oslo: Norwegian UP, 1985, 277 pp. 17 essays, some cited.

Categories:

culture; economics; North Sea; trade;

Keywords:

culture, music, literature, language, art , economics, economic policy, north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Barker, Rosalin. "Thomas Rogers and the Judith of Whitby: The Voyage Accounts of a Seventeenth-Century Merchant Ketch." Nor Mar, 17 (2007): 19-39.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, north sea, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , merchant marine, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel

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Barney, John. "North Sea and Baltic Convoy, 1793-1814: As Experienced by Merchant Masters Employed by Michael Henley and Son." MM, 95 (November 2009): 429-40.Threats from French privateers based at Dunkirk, Danish gunboats; use of Henley Collection.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, north sea, merchant marine, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer

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Barney, John. ["Trade and Shipping, King's Lynn, Eighteenth Century."] Ph.D. diss, East Anglia, 1994.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, north sea, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine

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Barrow, Tony, ed. Pressgang and Privateers: Aspects of the Maritime History of North East England, 1760-1815. Whitley Bay: Berwick, 1993, 64 pp. Essays, some cited.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, north sea, impressment, maritime history, naval history , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, 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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