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Abbot, William W. The Colonial Origins of the United States, 1607-1763. American Republic Series. London: Wiley, 1975, ix, 134 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora

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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.

Keywords:

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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Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling. An Encouragement to Colonies. Amsterdam: Theatrum; London: William Stansby; New York: Da Capo, 1624, 1625, 1968, 47 pp. About Scottish empire.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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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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Andrews, Matthew Page. "Additional Data on the Importation of Convicts." Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, 53 (1945): 37-41.

Keywords:

Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment

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Arditti, Michael. A Sea Change. London: Maia, 2006, 304 pp. Fictional account built around the plight of SS St. Louis, May 1939, enroute from Hamburg to wherever, in search of asylum for 1000 German refugees.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , voyage, nautical fiction, sea fiction

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Arnold, Craig, ed. Euterpe: Diaries, Letters and Logs of the Star of India as a British Emigrant Ship. San Diego: California Maritime Museum, 1988, 233 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, 19th century, nineteenth, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage, ship, boat, vessel

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Atkinson, Alan. The Europeans in Australia: A History. 2 vols. I: The Beginning. II: Democracy. London: Oxford UP, 1997-2004, xviii, 429, xxiii, 440 pp. Two of projected trilogy; convict settlements until 1815; Bligh, a controvrersial Governor.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Atkinson, Alan. "The Free-Born Englishman Transported: Convict Rights as a Measure of Eighteenth-Century Empire." P & P, 144 (1994): 88-115.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, colonialism, colony, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Bailyn, Bernard & Morgan, Philip D. Strangers within the Realm: Cultural Margins of the First British Empire. Chapel Hill: NCUP, 1991, 454 pp.

Keywords:

Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , culture, music, literature, language, art , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , colonialism, colony, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England

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Bailyn, Bernard. The Peopleing of North America: An Introduction. New York: Knopf; London: Tauris, 1986, 1987, xi, 177 pp. Curti Lectures, 1985; first of projected 6 vols.: migrating across the Atlantic.

Keywords:

Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony

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Bailyn, Bernard. Voyagers to the West: Emigration from Britain to America on the Eve of the Revolution. New York: Knopf; London: Tauris; New York: Vintage, 1986, 1987, 1988, xxvii, 668 pp. Winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1987; assistance: Barbara De Wolfe; alt. subtitle: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution; 2nd of planned 6 vols.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , voyage

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Baines, Robin. Life and Death in the Age of Sail: The Passage to Australia. London: UNSWP & NMM, 2006, 365 pp.

Keywords:

condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, voyage

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Ball, Adrian. Is Yours an SS Great Britain Family? London: K. Mason, 1988, 96 pp. 32 voyages to Australia, late 19th century; passengers listed.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, liner, passenger liner, steamship , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, voyage, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora

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Bastin, R. "Cunard and the Liverpool Emigrant Traffic, 1860-1900." Master's thesis, Liverpool, 1971. (ASLIB 21-1786).

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora

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Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships, 1787-1868. Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson, 1959, 355 pp. Full details, voyage by voyage; total of 160,663 male & female prisoners.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, voyage

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Becke, George Louis & Jeffery, Walter. Admiral Phillip: Founder of New South Wales. Builders of Great Britain Series, # 6. London: Longman; London: Fisher Unwin; Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1899, 1997, xx, 336 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , colonialism, colony, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Brides from Bridewell: Female Felons Sent to Colonial America. Tuttle: Prentice-Hall; Westport: Greenwood, 1962, 1973, 141 pp. Transportation.

Keywords:

empire, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England

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Bray, Warwick, ed. The Meeting of Two Worlds: Europe and the Americas, 1492-1650. Proceedings of the British Academy Series, # 81. London: Oxford UP, 1993, 1994, vi, 336 pp.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, america, United States, US, U.S., 13 colonies, thirteen, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , commerce, trade, business, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , culture, music, literature, language, art , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , economics, economic policy, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bunker, Nick. Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World. New York: Knopf; London: Bodley Head, 2010, 465 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , religion, chaplain, chapel , ship, boat, vessel, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence

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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