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Bailyn, Bernard. "Considering the Slave Trade: History and Memory." W & MQ, 58 (2001): 245-52.
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age of sail, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage
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Bailyn, Bernard. The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century. Studies in Entrepreneurial History Series. Harper Torchbooks, # TB1149. Cambridge: Harvard UP; New York: Harper & Row, 1955, 1964, 249 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Colonial America; economics; enterprise; merchant marine; trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , economics, economic policy, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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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.
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Atlantic World; Colonial America; colonialism; emigration; expansion;
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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.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Atlantic World; Colonial America; colonialism; emigration; voyage;
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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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Bailyn, Bernard & Denault, Patricia L., eds. Soundings in Atlantic History: Latent Structures and Intelluctual Currents, 1500-1830. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2009, x, 622 pp. 12 essays, some cited; from seminar on Atlantic history, Harvard, 2007.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); association; Atlantic World; culture; literature;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , music, literature, language, art
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Bain, J. Colin. "The Perth Steam Packet Company and the Atholl: An Example of the Life of an Early Steamship Company and Its Ships" MM, 91 (August 2005): 410-20. First generation steamships.
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age of steam, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, company, charter, shipping, commercial
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Bain, William. An Essay on the Variation of the Compass: Showing How Far It Is Influenced by a Change in the Direction of the Ship's Head. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1817, 140 pp.
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instrument, navigation, compass, clock , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Bainbridge, Beryl. Every Man for Himself. London: Duckworth; London: Abacus, 1996, 1997, x, 214 pp. Whitebread Award, 1996; fiction, Titanic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); liner; nautical fiction; Titanic; wreck;
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20th century, twentieth, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , liner, passenger liner, steamship , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Bainbridge, Simon. "Invasion Threats and the Poetic Imagination of the Nation." Traf Chron, 17 (2007): 146-59. "Great Terror," late 1790s & early 1800s.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; invasion; Napoleon; poetry; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , poetry, culture, arts, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British
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Baines, Robin. Life and Death in the Age of Sail: The Passage to Australia. London: UNSWP & NMM, 2006, 365 pp.
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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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Baines, Stephen. The Yorkshire Mary Rose: The Ship General CArlton of Whitby. Pickering: Blackthorn, 2010, vi, 169 pp. 1785, English trading ship sank off coast of Poland; discovered, 1991; a treasure of artefacts.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Baltic; Mary Rose; nautical archaeology; North Sea; ship; trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , north sea, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum
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Bainton, Roy. Honoured by Strangers: The Life of Captain Francis Cromie, CB, DSO, RN, 1882-1918. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2002, xvi, 315 pp. "Classic British hero," Baltic submarine commander during 1st World War; killed there.
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Admiralty; Anglo-Russian; Baltic; intelligence; Royal Navy; submarine; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, world war 1, first world war
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Baird Smith, David. "The Defiance of Trafalgar." Scot His Rev, 20 (1923): 116-21. Letters of a midshipman.
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battles, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Baird, Bob. Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay. Dunheath: Whittles, 2009, x, 286 pp. Division by geographical region; individual details.
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Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , river, north sea, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Baird. Bob. Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay. Dunheath: Whittles, 2009, 286 pp. Details, index of location & index of locations.
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Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , river, north sea, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Bajarin, Vecihi. Beneath the Dardanelles: The Australian Submarine at Gallipoli. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2009.
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Anglo-German; Gallipoli; Royal Australian Navy; submarine; World War I;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, world war 1, first world war
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Bak, Greg. Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of his time (Stroud: Sutton, 2006) 225 pages
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); piracy; Privateering;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, privateering, privateer, armed merchnatman, guerre de course, piracy, pirate, buccaneer
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Baker, Amy J. Hell's Odyssey: (Coal Boat Cargo). London: Hutchinson; New York: Liveright, 1942, 160 pp. Fiction; British seaman, Southern France, on collier.
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coal, propulsion, coaling, collier, to coal ship , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , nautical fiction, sea fiction , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Baker, Arthur David, III & Friedman, Norman. British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2009. Late 19th century threat of torpedo attack led to development.
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19th C. (1800-1899); destroyer; Royal Navy; World War I; World War II;
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destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war, 19th century, nineteenth
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Baker, Arthur David, III, ed. Allied Landing Craft of World War Two. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1985, 211 pp. Superseded the official handbook of 1944.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; logistics; Royal Navy; ship; United States Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, logistics, supply, supplies, ship, boat, vessel, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, 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 |