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Aberg, Alan. "Saving the Victory." Mariner's Mirror, 91 (May 2005): 358-68. "Save the Victory," initiative of Society for Nautical Research, specifically that of Prince Louis of Battenberg; Fund launched in 1922; James Caird a prominent contributor; still exists & contributory.

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association; HMS Victory;

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HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium

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Aberg, Alan. "The Society for Nautical Research, 1910-2005." Bicentennial Edition of The Nelson Dispatch, 8 (December 2005): 867-72. Historical survey by the then chairman.

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association; HMS Victory;

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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund

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Abramson, Howard S. Hero in Disgrace: The Life of Arctic Explorer Frederick A. Cook. New York: Paragon, 1991, xix, 251 pp. Foreword: Warren Cook; from Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1909; Frederick A. Cook Society.

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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium

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Acerra, Martine & Martiniere, Guy, eds. Coligny, les Protestants et la mer. Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1997, 277 pp. Essays, some cited; conference, Rochefort & La Rochelle, October 1996.

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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Anglo-French, France , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn

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Acerra, Martine, ed. Etat, marine et societe: Textes et Publies par Martine Acerra. . . . Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1995, xxvii, 463 pp. Essays, some cited: homage to Jean Meyer; bibliography.

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Anglo-French, France , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, historian, history, historical, bibliography, list, listing

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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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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, 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 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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Adams, Thomas R. The Non-Cartographical Maritime Works Published by Mount and Page: A Preliminary Hand-List. The Bibliographical Society Occasional Papers Series. London: Bibliographical Society, 1985, xiv, 54 pp. Folio; 106 entries; Mount & Page, begun in 1656, publishers of maritime works into 18th century.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, bibliography, list, listing , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , maritime history, naval history , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Akerman, James Richard & Buisseret, David, eds. Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: A Cartographic Exhibition at the Newberry Library on the Occasion. . . . Lectures in the History of Cartography: Catalog. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1985, xi, 49 pp.

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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Akerman, James Richard, ed. The Imperial Map: Cartography and the Mastery of Empire. The Kenneth Nebenzahl Lectures in the History of Cartography. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2009, viii, 367 pp. 6 essays, some cited; lectue series, History of Cartography for Newberry Library; noted that History of Cartography Project & other things had generated much new interest.

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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , general history, general survey, survey, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Alder, Garry John. British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-1895: A Study in Imperial Policy. Imperial Studies Series, # 25. London: Longman, 1963, 1964, xiv, 392 pp. For Royal Commonwealth Society; routine: interference, intervention, defense, mostly from Russia; "Great Game" not in index.

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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean

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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.

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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Alford, Jonathan, ed. Sea Power and Influence: Old Issues and New Challenges. Farnborough: Gower, 1980, vi, 220 pp. For International Institute for Strategic Studies; papers from annual conference of IISS, "Power at Sea," Ronneby Brunn, Sweden, 1975; credit to Mahan & Richmond.

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20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

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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.

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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

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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "The United States Naval Institute Intellectual Forum of the New Navy, 1873-1889." Ph.D. diss, Maine, Orono, 1976.

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20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , nautical fiction, sea fiction , united states navy, US navy

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Allison, Richard Sydney. HMS Caroline: A Brief Account of Some Warships Bearing the Name, and in Particular of HMS Caroline (1914-1974), and Her Part in the Development of the Ulster Division, RNVR, and later RNR. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1974, 196 pp. Foreword: Earl Mountbatten; cruiser Caroline.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , ship, boat, vessel, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium

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American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan; New York: Oxford UP, 1931, 1949, 1961, 1995, 2052 pp. Eds: George F. Howe, Mary Beth Norton for the 3rd edition; a most useful & comprehensive guide; 27,000 annotated entries.

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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, bibliography, list, listing , historian, history, historical, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Amos, N. Scott, Pettegree, Andrew & Nierop, Henk van, eds. The Education of a Christian Society: Humanism and the Reformation in Britain and the Netherlands: Papers Delivered to the 13th Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference, 1997. Britain and the Netherlands, # 13. Aldershot: Ashford, 1999, xii, 274 pp. Essays.

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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, religion, chaplain, chapel , historian, history, historical

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Anderson, Pauline Relyea Safford. "Party Politics and Public Opinion in Germany, 1890-1902: A Study in Anglo-German Relations." Ph.D. diss, Bryn Mawr, 1937. (W1937, p 74).

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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, culture, music, literature, language, art , 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

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