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Abbazia, Patrick. Mr. Roosevelt's Navy: The Private War of the United States Atlantic Fleet, 1939-1942. Annapolis: NIP, 1975, xii, 520 pp. Scholarly analysis; series of incidents.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Battle of the Atlantic, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, U-boat, ASW, sonar , world war 2, second world war, united states navy, US navy, american president

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Abbe, Ernest C. & Gillis, Frank J. "Henry Hudson and the Early Expedition and Mapping of Hudson Bay, 1610 to 1631." See J. Parker, Merchants and Scholars, pp. 87-116.

Keywords:

exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , river, 17th century, seventeenth, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Abbey, Walter Buhmer Tate. Tangier under British Rule, 1661-1684. Jersey: T. Bigwood, 1940, 106 pp.

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Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , colonialism, colony, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command, 17th century, seventeenth, naval base

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Abbot, Willis John. Blue Jackets of 1812: A History of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain. New York: Dodd Mead, 1887, viii, 409 pp. Illus: W.C. Jackson & H.W. Vickar.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , 19th century, nineteenth

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Abbott, G.F. Greece and the Allies, 1914-1922. London, 1922, 237 pp. Preface: Mark Kerr.

Keywords:

Anglo-Greek, Greece , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , strategy, dardanelles

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Abbott, G.F. "The Levant Company and Its Rivals." Quarterly Review (April 1920).

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enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , commerce, trade, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command

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Abbott, John Lawrence. John Hawkesworth: Eighteenth-Century Man of Letters. Madison: Wisconsin UP, 1982, xvii, 241 pp. Journals of voyages of Captain Cook; controversy, e.g., about publication & content; died in disgrace.

Keywords:

amphibious, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , 18th century, eighteenth, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , journal

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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones. New York: Dodd Mead, 1872, 1874, 359 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jones, John Paul, united states navy, US navy

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Abell, Francis. Prisoners of War in Britain, 1756 to 1815: Record of Their Lives, Their Romance and Their Sufferings. London: Humphrey Milford, 1914, viii, 464 pp.

Keywords:

prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France, lower deck , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate act

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Abernathy, Cecil. Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane: A Narrative Based on Pepys' Diary. New York: McGraw-Hill; London: Allen, 1957, 1958, 384 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Pepys, Samuel, Secretary to Admiralty, famous diary , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Abeshouse, Benjamin Samuel. A Medical History of Napoleon Bonaparte. Norwich: Eaton Laboratories, 1964.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict

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Abraham, J. Johnston. The Surgeon's Log: Impressions of the Far East. London: Chapman & Hall, 1911, 1912, 1913, xiv, 302 pp. Memoir.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Abshire, David M. "The Naval Battle of Navarino, 1827." USNIP, 85 (January 1959): 92-97. 27 October 1827, off coast of Greece; British, French & Russian vs. Turko-Egyptian squadrons; Edward Codrington, Allied Commander.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, battles, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command

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Abulafia, David, ed. The Mediterranean in History. London: Thames & Hudson; Los Angeles: Paul Getty Museum, 2003, 320 pp. Large folio, over 300 illustrations; 8 essays, some cited; sea power, maritime empires, e.g., Venetian, Genoese, Ottoman, French, British, Italian & Arabian, trade, war from the earliest times; praise for Fernand Braudel.

Keywords:

expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), sea power, venice arsenal

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Abulafia, David. A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994, xxii, 292 pp. Leader of European maritime activity; opened routes to Atlantic.

Keywords:

age of sail, commerce, trade, business, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence

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Abulafia, David. The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms, 1200-1500: The Struggle for Dominion. Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1997, xix, 300 pp.

Keywords:

expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea power, middle ages (400-1399)

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Abulafia, David. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean (Oxford University Press, 2011) 783 pages

Keywords:

maritime history, naval history , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , 15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth

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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