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Barzun, Jacques, ed. Introduction to Naval History: An Outline with Diagrams and Glossary. Chicago: Lippincott, 1944, 246 pp. Essays; textbook for courses.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power

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Basalla, George. "The Voyage of the Beagle without Darwin." MM, 43 (1962): 42-48.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Royal Navy, Britain, England, science

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Basberg, Bjorn L. The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia: A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology. Oslo: Novus Forlag, 2004, 226 pp. Major center of Antarctic whaling; 6 stations; operational, 1904-1965.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Basberg, Bjorn L., Ringstad, Erik & Wexelsen, Einar, eds. Whaling and History: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Industry. Sandefjord: Sandefjourdmuseene, 1993, 214 pp. Folio; 15 essays from symposium, Whaling Museum, 1992.

Keywords:

association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, general history, general survey, survey, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Basberg, Bjorn L. "Whaling or Shipping?: Conflict over the Use of the Norwegian Whaling Fleet during World War II."IJ Mar His, 3 (June 1991): 165-71.

Keywords:

Royal Navy, Britain, England, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, world war 2, second world war, boat, vessel

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Basch, Lucien. "Ancient Wrecks and the Archaeology of Ships." IJ Nau Arch, 1 (1972): 1-58. Overview.

Keywords:

nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , middle ages (400-1399), wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Bascom, William, ed. Great Sea Poetry: By Rudyard Kipling and Others. Arlington: Compass, 1969, xxi, 119 pp. 20 pp. Preface; 26 by Kipling, 9 by others.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, literature, culture, poetry, culture, arts, personality, prominent leader, noted person , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , nautical fiction, sea fiction

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Bascomb, Neal. Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007, xiii, 386 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , world war 1, first world war, ship, boat, vessel

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Basdeo, S. & Robertson, H. "The Nova Scotia-British West Indies Commercial Experiment in the Aftermath of the American Revolution, 1783-1802." Dalhousie Review, 61 (1981): 53-69.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , commerce, trade, business, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Basoco, Richard, M., Geoghegan, William E. & Merli, Frank J., eds."A British View of the Union Navy, 1864." Am Nep, 27 (January 1967): 30-45.

Keywords:

Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South

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Bass, Cynthia. Maiden Voyage. New York: Villard, 1996, xiii, 257 pp. Fiction.

Categories:

nautical fiction; voyage;

Keywords:

nautical fiction, sea fiction , voyage

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Bass, George Fletcher, ed. A History of Seafaring: Based on Underwater Archaeology. London: Thames & Hudson; New York: Walker, 1972, 320 pp. 500 illustrations, many in color; 13 essays, some cited; fabulous production.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , sea power

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Bass, George Fletcher, ed. Beneath the Seven Seas: Adventures with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005, 256 pp. Folio, 433 illustrations.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report

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Bass, George Fletcher, ed. Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988, 272 pp. Folio, over 350 illustrations, many in color; essays, some cited.

Keywords:

Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Bass, George Fletcher. "A Byzantine Trading Venture." Scientific American, 225 (August 1971): 22-33.

Keywords:

company, charter, shipping, commercial , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bass, George Fletcher. Archaeology beneath the Sea. New York: Walker, 1975, 238 pp. Folio; introduction.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report

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Bass, George Fletcher. Archaeology Under Water. London: Penguin, 1966, 1970, 183 pp. First comprehensive study.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report

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Bassett, David Kenneth. "British 'Country' Trade and Local Trade Networks in the Thai and Malay States, c. 1680-1770." See O. Prakash, European Commercial Expansion, pp. 263-81.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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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