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Barrow, Tony. "The Newcastle Whaling Trade, 1752-1849." MM, 75 (August 1989): 231-40.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Barrow, Tony. "The Noble Anne Affair, 1779: A Case Study of Impressment during the American Revolutionary War." See T. Barrow, Pressgangs & Privateers, pp. 13-22.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barrow, Tony. "The North East Coast Whaling Trade." Ph.D. diss noted as forthcoming, Newcastle.

Keywords:

age of sail, north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Barrow, Tony. The Whaling Trade of North-East England, 1750-1850. Sunderland: Sunderland UP, 2001, 157 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Barrow, Tony. Trafalgar Geordies and North Country Seamen of Nelson's Navy, 1793-1815. Sunderland: North East England Press, 2005, xii, 114 pp. Seafaring life.

Keywords:

north sea, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Barry, Patrick. Dockyard Economy and Naval Power. London: Sampson Low, 1863, xxiii, 312 pp. Included early photos of facilities.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, economics, economic policy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power

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Bart, Jahleel Brenton. Memoir of Vice Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton Bart. London: Longman, 1855. Edited by his son.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barthelmess, Klaus. The Art of Modern Whaling. Sandefjord: Sandefjord Kunstforeming, 2007, 58 pp.

Keywords:

age of steam, fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Bartholomew, Michael. "James Lind and Scurvy: A Revaluation." J Mar Res (1 January 2002).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency

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Barthorp, Michael. Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns, 1798-1799. Men-at-Arms Series. London: Osprey, 1978, 40 pp. Illus: G.A. Embleton.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Barthorp, Michael. War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt, and the Sudan, 1882-1898. London: Blandford, 1984, 1986, 190 pp. Use of naval gunboats.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , auxiliary, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , colonialism, colony, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , river, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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"Bartimeus." A Tall Ship and Other Naval Occasions. London: Cassell, 1915, 191 pp. Composite sketches of former shipmates.

Categories:

memoir; naval lore; seaman;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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"Bartimeus." Naval Occasions. Penguin Books Series, # 25. Edinburgh: Blackwood; London: John Lane, 1915, 1916, 1936, 295 pp. Fiction.

Keywords:

nautical fiction, sea fiction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary

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Bartle, George Frederick. "Sir John Bowring and the Arrow War in China." John Rylands Library Bulletin, 43 (March 1961): 293-316.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Chinese, China, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bartle, George Frederick. "Sir John Bowring and the Chinese and Siamese Commercial Treaties." John Rylands Library Bulletin, 44 (March 1962): 286-308.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bartle, George Frederick. "The Political Career of Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), between 1820 and 1849." Master's thesis, London, 1959, 458 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bartlett, Basil H. My First War: An Army Officer's Journal for May 1940, through Belgium to Dunkirk. London: Chatto & Windus; New York: Macmillan, 1940, 127 pp. From perspective of Army.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, dunkirk, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 2, second world war

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Bartlett, C.P.O. In the Teeth of the Wind: Memoir of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War. London: Leo Cooper, 1994, 159 pp. Diaries of Philip Bartlett, a pilot; alt subtitle: The Story of a Naval Pilot on the Western Front, 1916-1918..

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Bartlett, Christopher John, ed. Britain Pre-eminent: Studies of British World Influence in the Nineteenth Century. London: Macmillan, 1969, 200 pp. Essays.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , sea power

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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