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Abbe, Ernest C. & Gillis, Frank J. "Henry Hudson and the Early Expedition and Mapping of Hudson Bay, 1610 to 1631." See J. Parker, Merchants and Scholars, pp. 87-116.
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17th C. (1600-1699); cartography; Colonial America; exploration; personality; river;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , river, 17th century, seventeenth, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Abbott, John Lawrence. John Hawkesworth: Eighteenth-Century Man of Letters. Madison: Wisconsin UP, 1982, xvii, 241 pp. Journals of voyages of Captain Cook; controversy, e.g., about publication & content; died in disgrace.
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amphibious, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , 18th century, eighteenth, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , journal
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Abernathy, David B. The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000, 2001, viii, 524 pp.
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colonialism; enterprise; exploration; imperialism; sea power;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , sea power
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Abramson, Howard S. Hero in Disgrace: The Life of Arctic Explorer Frederick A. Cook. New York: Paragon, 1991, xix, 251 pp. Foreword: Warren Cook; from Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1909; Frederick A. Cook Society.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; association; exploration; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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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. The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus. New Haven: Yale UP, 2008, 408 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); age of sail; Atlantic World; exploration;
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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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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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Aczel, Amir D. The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World. New York: Harcourt, 2001, xvii, 178 pp. Magnetic compass, "the most important technological invention since the wheel"; originally from China; first noted in Europe, 1187; stimulated great age of exploration.
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exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); navigation; technology;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , middle ages (400-1399), navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Adam, Paul. "Navigation primitive et navigation astronomique." See F. Fernandez-Armesto, European Opportunity, pp. 23-42.
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exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); navigation; technology;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, middle ages (400-1399), technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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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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Agassiz, Alexandre. A Visit to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia: In the Steamer Croydon, during April and May 1896. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1898, 54 pp. Illustrations: 41 plates.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; exploration; Royal Australian Navy; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel
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Agnarsdottir, A. "Scottish Plans for the Annexation of Iceland, 1785-1813." Northern Studies, 29 (1992).
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Scot; colonialism; exploration; fishing; imperialism;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Agnew, Vanessa. "A Scots Orpheus in the South Seas: Encounter Music on Cook's Second Voyage." J Mar Res (1 May 2001). Use of music in cross-cultural encounters.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Scot; Cook, James; exploration; memoir; music;
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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts
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Airy, George Biddell. The Transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882: On the Preparitary Arrangements for the Observations of the Transits. London: Strangeways & Walden, 1868, 1877, 23 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); exploration; instrument; navigation; science ;
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19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , science , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Aitchison, David. Royal Standard, Red Ensign with the Queen in the Gothic. London: Pall Mall, 1958, xii, 248 pp. Queen Elizabeth II, Round the World tour, 1953, Shaw Savill's Gothic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); exploration; navigation; personality; Royal Navy; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Aker, Raymond & Von Der Porten, Edward. Discovering Francis Drake's California Harbor. Palo Alto: Drake Navigators Guild, 2000, vi 73 pp. On 17 June 1579, speculation: Drake landed at Drake's Bay, Marin County, California, naming it Nova Albion; controversy but sanctioned, e.g., by S.E. Morison, A. Villiers & G. Davidson; "Drake Plate" of 1936 was a fake.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Drake, Francis; exploration; navigation; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Drake, Francis, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, voyage, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Akerman, James Richard & Buisseret, David, eds. Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: A Cartographic Exhibition at the Newberry Library on the Occasion. . . . Lectures in the History of Cartography: Catalog. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1985, xi, 49 pp.
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Akerman, James Richard & Karrow, Robert W., Jr., eds Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2007, ix, 400 pp. Folio, lavishly illustrated; foreword: John W. McCarthy, Jr.; exhibition, Newberry Library; outstanding overview.
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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , general history, general survey, survey
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 |