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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.

Keywords:

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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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.

Keywords:

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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Allen, Craig H. Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road. Annapolis: NIP, 2005, xii, 719 pp. 8th edition; comprehensive American primer; Raymond F Farwell.

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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Ambler, John. The Royal Marine Band Service. Southsea: RM Historical Society, 2003, viii, 280 pp. Centennial of RN School of Music & RM Band Service.

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20th century, twentieth, music, culture, arts, Royal Marine, commando , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn

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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.

Keywords:

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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An Alphabet of Ships. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson; Greenwich: NMM, c. 1865, 2004, 2005, 16 pp. Folio; intro: Pieter van der Merwe; facsimile of original, children's rhyming book to teach letters; charming & colorful.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, juvenile literature, children's, junior, ship, boat, vessel, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary

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Anderson, E.W. The Principles of Navigation. London: Hollis & Carter, 1966, 622 pp.

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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , voyage, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Anson, Walter Vernon, arranger. Detail Book for the Use of Officers of H.M. Ships. Portsmouth: Griffin, 1896, 104 pp.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, Royal Navy, Britain, England, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence

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Arnold, Guy. Hold Fast for England: G.A. Henty, Imperialist Boys' Writer. London: Hamilton, 1980, 195 pp. Juvenile fiction; influential.

Keywords:

education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , maritime history, naval history , 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth

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Arnold, Thomas. The American Practical Lunarian, and Seaman's Guide. . . to which Are Annexed, A Compendium of Marine Law. Philadelphia: R. Desliver, 1822, 844 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , law, maritime history, naval history

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Arroyo, Ignacio, ed. Yearbook Maritime Law. 4 vols. London: Kluwer, 1984-1988, xlvii, 1555 pp.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, law, maritime history, naval history , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Ash, Eric H. "'The Skyfullest Men': Patronage, Authority, and the Negotiation of Expertise in Elizabethan England." Ph.D. diss, Princeton, 2000, 408 pp. (DAI 61/05, p. 2009).

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16th century, sixteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Ash, Eric H. Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2004, lx, 265 pp. Included instrument makers; diffusion of nautical knowledge.

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16th century, sixteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Atkinson, James. Epitome of the Art of Navigation: Or, A Short and Easy Methodical Way to Become a Compleat Navigator. London: Atkinson, 1714, 1740, 1747, 447 pp.

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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Attwood, Edward Leslie. War-Ships: A Text-Book on the Construction, Protection, Stability, Turning, etc. of War Vessels. London: Longman, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917, 342 pp. 219 illustrations; by head, Battleship Section, Admiralty; technology of the day; appendix: HMS Dreadnought.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. Manual of Navigation Laws. Chicago: A.C. McClung, 1912.

Keywords:

age of sail, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, 17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation law, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic

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Baker, Richard. The Terror of Tobermory: An Informal Biography of Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson. London: Allen; Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1972, 1999, xviii, 170. Foreword: Earl Mountbatten; torpedo specialist.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade

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Barrow, John (of 1760s). Navigatio Britannica; Or A Complete System of Navigation in All Its Branches. 1750.

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18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude

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Bedzmirowski, Jerzy. "Cooperation between the British Royal Navy and the Polish Navy during World War II Regarding the Education of Naval Cadres." J Slavic Military Studies, 21 (October 2008): 657-68.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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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