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Abbott, G.F. "The Levant Company and Its Rivals." Quarterly Review (April 1920).
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enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , commerce, trade, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command
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Abbott, John Henry. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In 4 Parts. I: The Owners of Merchant Ships. II: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Therein. III: Of the Carriage of Goods Therein. IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. London: Butterworth, 1802-1827, xxxv, 695 pp. First study of this legal aspect.
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merchant marine, law, commerce, trade, business, lower deck, wages, ship owner
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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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Abulafia, David. A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994, xxii, 292 pp. Leader of European maritime activity; opened routes to Atlantic.
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age of sail; Atlantic World; commerce; expansion; Mediterranean Sea;
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age of sail, commerce, trade, business, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence
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Acerra, Martine, Merino, Jose & Meyer, Jean, eds. Les Marines de guerre europeennes, XVII-XVIIIe siecles. Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1985, 436 pp. Essays, come cited; colloquium, Paris-Sorbonne, Sept 1984: naval architecture; British shipbuilding & maintenance during French wars; French naval vessels as privateers; development of naval tactics; blockade of Brest; French naval strategy; naval patronage; Louisbourg; French nautical science & Baltic naval operations in the 18th century; extraordinary group of essayists: N.A.M. Rodger, Roger Knight, James Pritchard, A.N. Ryan, Brian Lavery, D.J. Lyon, J.S. Bromley, Jose Merino, Patrick Villiers & Jan Glete.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-French; architecture; association; Baltic; blockade; commerce; historian; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, blockade, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, historian, history, historical, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect
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Ackroyd, Peter. Thames: The Biography. London: Chatto & Windus; New York: Doubleday; New York: Vintage, 2007, 2008, xiv, 490 pp. Alt. subtitle: Sacred River; 215 miles long; focus on London.
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river, commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Adams, Ephraim Douglass. Great Britain and the American Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Longman; New York: Russell, 1925, 647 pp. Standard on Anglo-American relations.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; blockade; Civil War, American; commerce; diplomacy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, commerce, trade, business, blockade, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Adams, Henry Brooks. History of the United States of America: during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison. 9 vols. Chicago: Chicago UP; New York: Antiquarian; New York: Viking, 1889-1891, 1921, 1930, 1962, 1967, 1986, 1308 pp. Various abridged editions, e.g., by Ernest Samuels & Archer Jones; Adams, 1838-1918; a classic; monumental, balanced, impartial; especially good on War of 1812.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; colonialism; commerce; diplomacy; historian; War of 1812;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , historian, history, historical, commerce, trade, business
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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;
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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, Ron B. Red Funnel and Before. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway, 1986, 128 pp. Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1861-1968, "Red Funnel" fleet.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); commerce; company; English Channel; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Agius, Dionisius A. In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman. Reading: Ithaca, 2002, xx, 253 pp.
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Indian Ocean, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Middle East, ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business
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Agius, Dionisius A. Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: The People of the Dhow. London: Kegan Paul, 2005, 285 pp.
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commerce, trade, business, Middle East, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , ship, boat, vessel, Indian Ocean
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Ailes, Mary Elizabeth. "Ships, Sailors, and Mediators: England's Naval Aid to Sweden, 1658-1659." Historian, 67 (Summer 2005): 275-98. Transformation of naval forces in early modern era; English provided professional & monetary assistance to Sweden to stabilize Baltic trade.
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17th century, seventeenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , economics, economic policy, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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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.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Spanish; commerce; diplomacy; imperialism; slave trade; trade;
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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 C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; colonialism; commerce; religion;
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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 & Pope, Jennie Barnes. Sea Lanes in Wartime: The American Experience, 1775-1942. New York: Norton; London: Allen & Unwin; Hamden: Archon, 1942, 1943, 1968, 367 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); commerce; sea power; strategy; trade; United States Navy; World War I; World War II;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, commerce, trade, business, sea power, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, united states navy, US navy, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, Baker, William A. & Labaree, Benjamin W. New England and the Sea. American Maritime Library Series, vol. 5. Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1972, xiv, 299 pp. Folio; illus: Marion V. Brewington.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-American; Colonial America; commerce; sea; sea power;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, commerce, trade, business
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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.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Spanish; commerce; imperialism; Latin America; merchant marine;
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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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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.
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Admiralty; age of sail; architecture; Baltic; Colonial America; commerce; diplomacy; logistics; sea power; ship; shipbuilding; trade;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
| 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 |