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Battersby, William. James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition. Stroud: History, 2010. 244 pp. 32 years old, spectacular career, then to expedition.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , Franklin, John, Arctic expedition, search for Franklin, personality, prominent leader, noted person , 19th century, nineteenth

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Battesti, Michele. La Bataille d'Aboukir 1798: Nelson contrarie la strategie de Bonaparte. Paris: Econnomica, 1998, xxxiii, 263 pp. Battle of the Nile, 1798; French perspective.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , battles, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Nelson, Horatio

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Battesti, Michele. La Marine au XIXe Siecle: Interventions experieures et colonies. Paris: DuMay, 1993, 117 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , 19th century, nineteenth

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Battesti, Michele. La Marine de Napoleon III: une politique navale. 2 vols. Vincennes: Service Historique, 1997, 1250 pp.

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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , sea power

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Battesti, Michele. "La Marine de Napoleon III." Ph.D. diss, Savoie, 1996, 1134 pp.

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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , sea power

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Battesti, Michele. Trafalgar: Les aleas de la strategie navale de Napoleon. St. Cloud: Napoleon Ier Editions, 2004, 379 pp. Nautical strategy, 1st Empire.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , strategy, strategic, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Battick, John Francis, ed. "Richard Rooth's Sea Journal of the Western Design, 1654-1655." Jamaica Journal, 5 (1971): 3-22.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Battick, John Francis. "A New Interpretation of Cromwell's Western Design, 1654-1655." J Barbados Museum & Historical Society, 34 (1972): 76-84.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Battick, John Francis. "Cromwell's Diplomatic Blunder: The Relationship between the Western Design of 1654-1655 and the French Alliance of 1657." Albion, 5 (1973): 279-98.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Battick, John Francis. "Cromwell's Navy and the Foreign Policy of the Protectorate, 1653-1658." Ph.D. diss, Boston, 1967, 344 pp. Naval & foreign policies of Cromwell Protectorate; (DAI 28/05, p. 1752).

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Battle of Jutland, 30th May to 1st June 1916. Official Despatches with Appendices. Cmd 1068. London: HMSO, [1920], iv, 603 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, Jutland, battle, peninsular , world war 1, first world war

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Battle of Jutland: 21 May - 1 June 1916. Monograph Series, # 1. Newport: Naval War College, 1921, 148 pp. Essays by George von Hase, Arthur Pollen & Jellicoe.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 1, first world war

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Battle of the Nile Medal Roll. CD Rom. Yester Years Genealogy Supplies of Somerset, 1164 pp. From the Public Record Office; 8169 names.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , battles, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, officer, quarterdeck, leader , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Battle of the River Plate: An Account of Events before, during and after the Action up to the Self-Destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee. London: HMSO, 16 pp. Official Admiralty account from dispatches, 13-17 December 1939.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Batty, Peter. The House of Krupp. New York: Stein & Day; London: Secker & Warburg, 1966, 1967, 1969, 333 pp. Krupp originated 1587.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , company, charter, shipping, commercial , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, weapon, arms trade

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Baty, Thomas, ed. Prize Law and Continuous Voyage: Containing Continuous Voyages by Sir Travers Twiss. . . . London: Stevens & Haynes, 1915, 134 pp.

Categories:

diplomacy; law; neutrality; prize;

Keywords:

diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , law, neutrality, neutral, treaty , prize, reward for service, monetary reward

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Baucom, Ian. Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery and the Philosophy of History. Durham: Duke UP, 2005, x, 387 pp. Case study: Zong, slave ship, 1781, threw 130 slaves overboard & filed insurance claim; analysis: allegory on capitalism.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , ship, boat, vessel, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Baudet, H. "The Dutch Retreat from Empire." See J. Bromley, Britain and the Netherlands, III., 1966/1968.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Bauduin, Philippe. Normandy 1944: Oil: The Supply Problem of the Allies. Bayeux: Heimdal, 2004, 80 pp. Folio.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , logistics, supply, supplies, oil , 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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