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Abulafia, David. The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus. New Haven: Yale UP, 2008, 408 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); age of sail; Atlantic World; exploration;
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age of sail, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , 15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Abulafia, David. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean (Oxford University Press, 2011) 783 pages
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); maritime history; Mediterranean Sea;
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maritime history, naval history , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , 15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth
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Acker, Irwin R., ed. Richard Hakluyt. Hakluyt's Voyages: The Principal Navigations, Voyages. . . . New York: Viking, 1965, xviii, 522 pp. 49 selections; introduction & chronology.
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16th C. (1500-1599); expansion; exploration; Hakluyt Society; Hakluyt, Richard; navigation;
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16th century, sixteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Hakluyt, Richard, Hakluyt Society, association , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Adair, E.R. "English Galleys in the Sixteenth Century." EnHR, 35 (October 1920): 497-512. First during reign of Henry VIII, 1543 against French, 1544 against Scots; sometime guardships on Thames.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-French; Anglo-Scot; battles; galley; tactics;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, battles, galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme , tactics
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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 C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; Drake, Francis; expansion; voyage;
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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. "Introduction: Conference: Elizabeth I and the Expansion of England." NMM, 4-6 September 2003. TRHS, 6 ser, 14 (September 2003): 119-22.
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16th C. (1500-1599); colonialism; expansion; imperialism; personality;
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16th century, sixteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , personality, prominent leader, noted person , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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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.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; critique of Royal Navy; dockyard; Imperial Defence; personality; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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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 C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-Spanish; Military Revolution; tactics; technology;
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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 C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; general history; invasion;
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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 C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; invasion; Royal Navy;
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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 Gran Armada: 1988 and After: Review Article." History, 76 (June 1991): 238-49. Review of 18 works, English & Spanish, published in 1988, 400th anniversary.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Japanese; armada; general history;
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16th century, sixteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , armada, Spanish, invasion , general history, general survey, survey
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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 C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; battles; English Channel; invasion;
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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.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; commerce; Drake, Francis; expansion;
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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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adamson, Jack H. & Folland, H.F. The Shepherd of the Ocean: An Account ot Sir Walter Raleigh and His Times. Boston: Gambit; London: Bodley Head, 1969, 464 pp. Biography, Raleigh, 1552-1618.
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16th C. (1500-1599); colonialism; expansion; exploration; Raleigh, Walter;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Raleigh, Walter, Sir Walter Ralegh
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Adas, Michael, ed. Technology and European Overseas Enterprise: Diffusion, Adaptation, and Adoption. Aldershot: Variorum, 1996, xxvi, 433 pp. 18 collected essays, some cited.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); expansion; exploration; imperialism; technology;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1990, xii, 161 pp. Dedication: Theodore Ropp; "prequel"; from ancient to neoclassical for naval & land warfare; England's rise to naval supremacy; overseas expansion.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; general history; imperialism; Middle Ages (400-1399); strategy;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), middle ages (400-1399), general history, general survey, survey, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , strategy, strategic
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Adney, Edwin Tappan & Chapelle, Howard I. Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. New York: Sterling, 2007, 242 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); coastal vessel; Colonial America; nautical archaeology; ship; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, 17th century, seventeenth
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Aker, Raymond & Von Der Porten, Edward. Discovering Francis Drake's California Harbor. Palo Alto: Drake Navigators Guild, 2000, vi 73 pp. On 17 June 1579, speculation: Drake landed at Drake's Bay, Marin County, California, naming it Nova Albion; controversy but sanctioned, e.g., by S.E. Morison, A. Villiers & G. Davidson; "Drake Plate" of 1936 was a fake.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Drake, Francis; exploration; navigation; voyage;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, Drake, Francis, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, voyage, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
| 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 |