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Adams, Jonathan & Black, Jennifer. "From Rescue to Research: Medieval Ship Finds in St. Peter Port, Guernsey." IJ Nau Res, 33 (2004): 230-52.
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English Channel; Middle Ages (400-1399); nautical archaeology; port; wreck;
Keywords:
English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , middle ages (400-1399)
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Adams, Simon L. The Armada Campaign of 1588. New Appreciations in History Series, # 13. London: Historical Association, 1988, 24 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; general history; invasion;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , general history, general survey, survey
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Adams, Simon L. "The Armada: Battle in the Downs." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, pp. 173-96.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; invasion; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Adams, Simon L. "The Lurch into War: The Spanish Armada." His Tod, 38 (May 1988): 18-25. Armada a surprise to English; Channel battling unplanned.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; battles; English Channel; invasion;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , armada, Spanish, invasion
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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;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Airy, George Biddell. Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, . . . . Plautius, . . . . and by Claudius Caesar. . . . London, 1865. Collection of letters & papers; included paper on places of departure & landing of Caesar.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality;
Keywords:
ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Airy, George Biddell. "On the Place of Julius Caesar's Departure from Gaul for the Invasion of Britain, and the Place of His Landing in Britian: With an Appendix on the Battle of Hastings." Archaeologia, 34 (1852). By prolific observer.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality; port;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, invasion, armada, landing , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alban, J.R. "English Coastal Defence: Some Fourteenth-Century Modifications with the System." See R. Griffith, Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces, 1981.
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English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, middle ages (400-1399)
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Alban, J.R. "National Defence in England, 1337-1389." Ph.D. diss, Liverpool, 1976. (ASLIB 28-585).
Categories:
English Channel; Imperial Defence; Middle Ages (400-1399); port;
Keywords:
English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , middle ages (400-1399), port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Aldridge, David D. "Russell: La Hogue, 1692." See E. Grove, Great Battles of the Royal Navy, pp. 55-62.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-French; battles; English Channel; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , battles, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Allyn, Richard. A Narrative of the Victory Obtained by the English and Dutch Fleets near La Hogue in the Year 1692. London: Robinson, 1744, 58 pp. By chaplain of Centurion.
Categories:
17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; battles; English Channel; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Ambrose, Stephen E. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994, 704 pp. From 1400 oral histories.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; D-Day; English Channel; invasion; logistics; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , invasion, armada, landing , logistics, supply, supplies, world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Marine, commando , united states navy, US navy, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Appleby, John C. "The Anne of Dublin: A Sixteenth-Century Man-of-War." Irish Sword, 17 (Summer 1988): 74-80. Privateering-piracy in English Channel.
Categories:
16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Irish; English Channel; piracy; ship;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, ship, boat, vessel
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Ashford, Philip. "The Rise and Fall of the Bristol Channel Herring Fishery with Special Reference to Porlock, Somerset, 1580-1830." MM, 92 (February 2006): 23-30.
Categories:
16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); English Channel; fishing; port;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Asteris, Michael. "The Defence Implications of the Channel Tunnel: Talking Point." JRUSI, 134 (Summer 1989): 69-74.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); English Channel; Imperial Defence; logistics;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, logistics, supply, supplies
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Atkin, Ronald. Pillar of Fire: Dunkirk, 1940. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990, 256 pp.
Categories:
Admiralty; amphibious; Anglo-French; Anglo-German; English Channel; World War II;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-French, France , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , world war 2, second world war
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Aubrey, Philip. The Defeat of James Stuart's Armada, 1692. Leicester: Leicester UP, 1979, 194 pp. Battle of Barfleur & La Hogue.
Categories:
17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; Anglo-French; battles; English Channel; Imperial Defence; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bachrach, Bernard S. "On the Origins of William the Conqueror's Horse Transports." Technology & Culture, 25 (July 1985): 505-53. Major invasion; technology from Byzantine times; continuing debate on numbers: 700 or 3000 ships?
Categories:
anglo-saxon; Bayeux Tapestry; English Channel; invasion; logistics; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; ship;
Keywords:
anglo-saxon, bayeux tapestry, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , logistics, supply, supplies, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel, middle ages (400-1399)
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Bachrach, Bernard S. "Some Observations on the Military Administration of the Norman Conquest." Anglo-Norman Studies, 8 (1985): 1-26.
Categories:
anglo-saxon; Bayeux Tapestry; English Channel; invasion; logistics; Middle Ages (400-1399);
Keywords:
anglo-saxon, invasion, armada, landing , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , bayeux tapestry, middle ages (400-1399), logistics, supply, supplies
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Bachrach, Bernard S. "The Question of King Arthur's Existence and of Romano-British Naval Operations." Haskins Society J, 2 (1990): 13-28. Arthur may have been naval commander.
Categories:
English Channel; Middle Ages (400-1399); naval lore; personality;
Keywords:
English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , middle ages (400-1399), naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , personality, prominent leader, noted person
| 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 |