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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.

Keywords:

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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Abulafia, David. The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus. New Haven: Yale UP, 2008, 408 pp.

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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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Adams, Ian & Somerville, Meredyth. Cargoes of Despair and Hope: Scottish Emigration to North America, 1603-1803. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1993, 258 pp.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , voyage

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Alden, John & Landis, Dennis C., eds. European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1776. John Carter Brown Library Series. 6 vols. New York: Readex, 1980-1997. Folio; 30,000 entries; each volume chronological.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , merchant marine, literature, culture, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence

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Allen, John Logan, ed. North American Exploration. 3 vols. I: A New World Disclosed. II: A Continent Defined. III: A Continent Comprehended. Lincoln: Nebraska UP, 1997, xlvi, 1666 pp. Essays, some cited; comprehensive; to portray exploration in broader context.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , voyage, general history, general survey, survey

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Allen, Paul C. Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621: The Failure of Grand Strategy. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000, xvi, 336 pp. Crucial moment in evolution of bid for hegemony; strategic overstretch & English succession.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, sea power

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Ames, Azel. The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621: Chiefly from Original Sources. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901, xxii, 375 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , voyage, ship, boat, vessel

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Anderson, Fred & Cayton, Andrew. The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000. New York: Viking; New York: Penguin, 2005, xxiv, 520 pp. Focus on imperial ambitions; 8 biographical case studies; centrality of imperial ambitions.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-French, France , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Madelyn Klein. Iceberg Alley. New York: Messner, 1976, 64 pp. Juvenile literature; U.S. Coast Guard ice patrol.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , science , united states navy, US navy

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Andrien, Kenneth J. "The Spanish Atlantic System" in J. Greene Atlantic History, pp. 55-80.

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Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence

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Angas, William Mack. Rivalry on the Atlantic, 1839-1939. New York: L. Furman, 1939, xv, 234 pp. Steamboats.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , liner, passenger liner, steamship , age of steam

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Anstey, Roger T. "The North American Slave Trade, 1761-1810." Revue Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 62 (1975): 226-27.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Anstey, Roger T. "The Volume and Profitability of the British Slave Trade, 1761-1807." See S. Engerman, Race & Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, pp. 3-32.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , merchant marine, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, economics, economic policy

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Anstey, Roger T. "The Volume of the North American Slave-Carrying Trade from Africa, 1761-1810." Revue Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 61 (1975).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, merchant marine

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Appelbaum, Robert & Sweet, John Wood, eds. Envisioning an English Empire: Jamestown and the Making of the North Atlantic World. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania UP, 2005, xv, 368 pp. Essays, some cited; from NEH Summer Institute, Jamestown in the Atlantic World; 400th anniversary of founding of Jamestown.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , colonialism, colony

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Ardman, Harvey. Normandie, Her Life and Times. New York: Frank Watts, 1985, iv, 427 pp. 50 illustrations; French liner, disaster in New York.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-French, France , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , liner, passenger liner, steamship , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , world war 2, second world war

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Armitage, David & Braddick, Michael, eds. The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, xx, 324 pp. Preface: Bernard Bailyn; afterword: John H. Elliott; 11 essays, some cited; Workshop, Harvard, September 2001; synthesis; excellent bibliography.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , historian, history, historical, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, bibliography, list, listing

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Armitage, David. Greater Britain, 1516-1776: Essays in Atlantic History. Variorum Collected Studies Series, # CS796. Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum, 2004, xii, 292 pp. 13 essays; method: comparison over time.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Armitage, David. "Making the Empire British: Scotland in the Atlantic World, 1542-1707." P & P, 155 (May 1997): 34-63. Looking back to 1540s, origin of Union.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , sea power

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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