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Bassett, David Kenneth. British Trade and Policy in Indonesia and Malaysia in the Late Eighteenth Century. Hull Monographs on South East Asia Series, # 3. Hull: Hull UP, 1971, 1973, vi, 123 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bassett, David Kenneth. "Early English Trade and Settlement in Asia, 1602-1690." See J. Bromley, Britain & the Netherlands, III., pp. 83-109. Also A. Disney, Historiography of European Africa, pp. 127-54.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia

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Bassett, David Kenneth. "The 'Amboyne Massacre' of 1623." J South East Asian Hist, 1 (September 1960): 1-19. Noted contemporary outrage.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , battles, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bassett, David Kenneth. "The Factory of the English East India Company at Bantam, 1602-1682." Ph.D. diss, London, 1955.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bassett, David Kenneth. "The Trade of the English East India Company in the Far East, 1623-1684." See O. Prakash, European Commercial Expansion, pp. 208-36.

Keywords:

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

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Bassett, Ronald. Battle-Cruiser: A History, 1908-1948. London: Macmillan, 1981, xii, 296 pp. Dedicated to Earl Mountbatten; pseud: William Clive; life & times of 16 battle cruisers.

Keywords:

age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , general history, general survey, survey, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, gunnery, gun, weapon

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Bassett, Ronald. HMS Sheffield: The Life and Times of "Old Shiny." London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1988, 288 pp. Cruiser; 12 battle honors, 1930s-1960s.

Keywords:

cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war

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Bassett, Samuel Woodruff. Royal Marine: The Autobiography of Colonel Sam Bassett. London: P. Davies; New York: Stein & Day, 1962, 224 pp. Foreword: Prince Philip; biographical study.

Categories:

memoir; officer; Royal Marine;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Marine, commando , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Bassett, W.G. "English Naval Policy in the Caribbean, 1698-1703." Corbett Prize Essay, 1932. Unpublished.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bassett, W.G. "The Caribbean in International Politics, 1670-1707." Ph.D. diss, London, 1934.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bastable, Marshall John. Arms and the State: Sir William Armstrong and the Remaking of British Naval Power, 1854-1914. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004, xii, 300 pp. Armstrong, 1810-1900; ships & guns.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, company, charter, shipping, commercial , gunnery, gun, weapon , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade

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Bastable, Marshall John. "Arms in the State: The History of Wlliam Armstrong and Company, 1859-1914." Ph.D. diss, Toronto, 1990. (DAI 51/05, p. 1734). Sir William Armstrong, Whitworth & Company; 1927, merged with Vickers.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , gunnery, gun, weapon , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade

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Bastin, John Sturgys. "Britain as an Imperial Power in South East Asia in the Nineteenth Century." See J. Bromley, Britain and the Netherlands in Europe and Asia, III., pp. 174-90.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Anglo-Chinese, China

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Bastin, John Sturgys. "The Changing Balance of the Southeast Asian Pepper Trade." See M. Pearson, Spices in the Indian Ocean World, pp. 283-316. British-Dutch competition; importance of pepper declined.

Keywords:

Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, colonialism, colony, commerce, trade, business, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bastin, R. "Cunard and the Liverpool Emigrant Traffic, 1860-1900." Master's thesis, Liverpool, 1971. (ASLIB 21-1786).

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora

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Bastock, John. Australia's Ships of War. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1975, xvii, 414 pp. Folio.

Categories:

Royal Australian Navy; ship;

Keywords:

Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel

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Bastock, John. Ships on the Australian Station. French Forest: Child, 1988, 175 pp. Folio.

Keywords:

Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Batcheler, L.E.M. "The South Sea Company and the Assiento." Master's thesis, London, 1934.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Batchelor, John & Cooper, Bryan. Fighter: A History of Fighter Aircraft. London: Macdonald; New York: Scribner, 1973, 1974, 155 pp.

Keywords:

aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, general history, general survey, survey

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Batchelor, John. Fighting Ships of World War One and Two. London: Phoebus, 1976, 255 pp. Comps: Anne Maclean & Suzanne Poole; folio.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , ship, boat, vessel, world war 1, first world war, 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

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