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Abulafia, David, ed. The Mediterranean in History. London: Thames & Hudson; Los Angeles: Paul Getty Museum, 2003, 320 pp. Large folio, over 300 illustrations; 8 essays, some cited; sea power, maritime empires, e.g., Venetian, Genoese, Ottoman, French, British, Italian & Arabian, trade, war from the earliest times; praise for Fernand Braudel.
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expansion; exploration; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power; venice arsenal;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), sea power, venice arsenal
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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.
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age of sail; Atlantic World; commerce; expansion; Mediterranean Sea;
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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 Western Mediterranean Kingdoms, 1200-1500: The Struggle for Dominion. Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1997, xix, 300 pp.
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expansion; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea power, middle ages (400-1399)
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Acker, Irwin R., ed. Richard Hakluyt. Hakluyt's Voyages: The Principal Navigations, Voyages. . . . New York: Viking, 1965, xviii, 522 pp. 49 selections; introduction & chronology.
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16th C. (1500-1599); expansion; exploration; Hakluyt Society; Hakluyt, Richard; navigation;
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16th century, sixteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Hakluyt, Richard, Hakluyt Society, association , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Adams, James Truslow. Empire on the Seven Seas: The British Empire, 1784-1939. New York: Scribner, 1940, 391 pp. Emphasis on interpretation, less narrative.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); colonialism; expansion; imperialism;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony
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Adams, Peter. Fatal Necessity: British Intervention in New Zealand, 1820-1847. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1977, 1978, 308 pp. Making of a colony; result of lobbying by pressure groups while ministry reluctant to intervene.
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19th C. (1800-1899); colonialism; expansion; imperialism; Royal New Zealand Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand
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Adams, Simon L. "Drake's Voyage of 1585." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, 1991.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; Drake, Francis; expansion; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Drake, Francis, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , voyage
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Adams, Simon L. "Introduction: Conference: Elizabeth I and the Expansion of England." NMM, 4-6 September 2003. TRHS, 6 ser, 14 (September 2003): 119-22.
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16th C. (1500-1599); colonialism; expansion; imperialism; personality;
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16th century, sixteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , personality, prominent leader, noted person , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Adams, Simon L. "The Outbreak of the Elizabethan Naval War against the Spanish Empire: The Embargo of May 1585 and Sir Francis Drake's West Indies Voyage." See M. Rodreguez-Salgado, England, Spain and the Gran Armada, pp. 45-69. Question of who provoked whom.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; commerce; Drake, Francis; expansion;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , commerce, trade, business, Drake, Francis, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Adams. William Henry Davenport. Heroes of Maritime Discovery. London: Gall & Inglis, 1882, 287 pp.
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expansion; exploration; leadership; merchant marine; naval lore; personality; Royal Navy;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Adamson, Jack H. & Folland, H.F. The Shepherd of the Ocean: An Account ot Sir Walter Raleigh and His Times. Boston: Gambit; London: Bodley Head, 1969, 464 pp. Biography, Raleigh, 1552-1618.
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16th C. (1500-1599); colonialism; expansion; exploration; Raleigh, Walter;
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16th century, sixteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Raleigh, Walter, Sir Walter Ralegh
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Adas, Michael, ed. Technology and European Overseas Enterprise: Diffusion, Adaptation, and Adoption. Aldershot: Variorum, 1996, xxvi, 433 pp. 18 collected essays, some cited.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); expansion; exploration; imperialism; technology;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Adcock, Arthur St. John. Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea. London: Simpkins Marshall, 1916, x, 99 pp.
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expansion; Royal Australian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; World War I;
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Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , world war 1, first world war, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1990, xii, 161 pp. Dedication: Theodore Ropp; "prequel"; from ancient to neoclassical for naval & land warfare; England's rise to naval supremacy; overseas expansion.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; general history; imperialism; Middle Ages (400-1399); strategy;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), middle ages (400-1399), general history, general survey, survey, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , strategy, strategic
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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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association; cartography; expansion; general history; imperialism;
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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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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "Introduction: British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914." See D. Aldcroft, Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, pp. 4-36.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); age of steam; Anglo-German; commerce; enterprise; expansion; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "The Merchant Marine." See D. Aldcroft, Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, pp. 326-63.
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merchant marine, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , commerce, trade, business
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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 C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; association; expansion; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
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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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Allardyce, William Lamond. The Story of the Falkland Islands: Being an Account of Their Discovery and Early History, 1500-1842. Stanley: GPO, 1909, 31 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); colonialism; expansion; exploration; Falkland; fishing; imperialism; trade; whaling;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing
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Allen, Edward Weber. The Vanishing Frenchman: The Mysterious Disappearance of La Perouse. Rutland: Charles Tuttle, 1959, 321 pp. 1780s, attacks on English forts; commanded French expedition toward Australia; disappeared; searches wrecks, 1826.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-French; expansion; exploration; Far East; wreck;
Keywords:
age of sail, Anglo-French, France , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , 18th century, eighteenth
| 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 |