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Abraham, Mildred K., ed. The Grand Tour and Beyond: British Travel Narratives of the Continent, the Middle and Far East, Africa and the American Colonies, 1700-1825: Selected and Annotated. An Exhibition in the Department of Rare Books, University of Virginia Library, 22 February-30 April 1981. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Library, 1982, 73 pp. Folio; "grand tour" education process, especially 1763-1793.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); education; Far East; memoir;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia
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Acerra, Martine & Martiniere, Guy, eds. Coligny, les Protestants et la mer. Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1997, 277 pp. Essays, some cited; conference, Rochefort & La Rochelle, October 1996.
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association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Anglo-French, France , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Adams, Charles Francis. "The Trent Affair." AHR, 17 (April 1912): 540-62.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; Civil War, American; diplomacy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South
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Adams, Ephraim Douglass. Great Britain and the American Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Longman; New York: Russell, 1925, 647 pp. Standard on Anglo-American relations.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; blockade; Civil War, American; commerce; diplomacy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, commerce, trade, business, blockade, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Adams, Lestyn. Brothers across the Ocean: British Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Anglo-American "Special Relationship," 1900-1905. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005, 282 pp. Credit to Foreign Minister Lord Landsdown; key issues: Alaska, Panama Canal & Venezuela.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; diplomacy; Latin America; Special Relationship; World War I;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adcock, Al. United States Flush Deck Destroyers in Action. Warship in Action Series, # 19. Carrollton: Squadron/Signal, 2003, 50 pp. 150 illustrations; built, 1918-1943; 50 to Britain; ultimately service in navies of Canada, Russia & Japan.
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Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Special Relationship; World War II;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 2, second world war, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA
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Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005, 2006, xii, 308 pp. Full & balanced coverage of a 90-year career; Churchill, twice First Lord & Prime Minister; "former naval person"; "Special Relationship" only special one way, U.S. dominated, & Churchill at fault.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; Royal Navy; Special Relationship; World War I; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Ailes, Mary Elizabeth. "Ships, Sailors, and Mediators: England's Naval Aid to Sweden, 1658-1659." Historian, 67 (Summer 2005): 275-98. Transformation of naval forces in early modern era; English provided professional & monetary assistance to Sweden to stabilize Baltic trade.
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17th century, seventeenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , economics, economic policy, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Alden, John Doughty. Flush Decks and Four Pipes. Sea Power Monographs Series, # 2. Annapolis: NIP, 1965, 1989, 112 pp. Over 100 illustrations; 347 destroyers listed; 50 to G.B. in destroyers for bases deal; as Town Class in G.B.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Royal Navy; ship; Special Relationship; United States Navy; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 2, second world war, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, ship, boat, vessel
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Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Knopf, 1998, x, 213 pp. Folio; for American Museum of Natural History; Sir Ernest Shackleton's 3rd expedition, 1914-1917; trapped; expedition grossly unprepared & incompetent.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; critique of Royal Navy; exploration; memorial; museum; Shackleton, Ernest;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Shackleton, Ernest, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.
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16th C. (1500-1599); association; Mary Rose; museum; nautical archaeology; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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All at Sea. National Maritime Museum Activity Book. Greenwich: NMM, 2004, 16 pp. Juvenile literature; included pirate hat & paper boats.
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juvenile literature; maritime history; museum; naval guide; naval lore; piracy;
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maritime history, naval history , museum, juvenile literature, children's, junior, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Alldritt, Keith. The Greatest of Friends: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, 1941-1945. New York: St. Martin; London: Hale, 1995, 224 pp. Focused on psychological & social aspects of relationship; both "former naval persons."
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Admiralty; Anglo-American; Churchill, Winston; personality; Royal Navy; Special Relationship; United States Navy; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister
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Allen, Craig H. Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road. Annapolis: NIP, 2005, xii, 719 pp. 8th edition; comprehensive American primer; Raymond F Farwell.
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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allwood, John. The Great Exhibitions: 150 Years. London: Studio Vista; London: ECL, 1977, 2001, 192 pp. Folio; not included: Royal Naval Exhibtion, 1891.
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19th C. (1800-1899); memorial; museum; Royal Navy; science ; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England, museum, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Alsford, Stephen, ed. The Meta Incognita Project: Contribution to Field Studies. Mercury Series Dir. Paper, # 6. Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993, viii, 219 pp. Essays, some cited.
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Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , museum, science
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Ambler, John. The Royal Marine Band Service. Southsea: RM Historical Society, 2003, viii, 280 pp. Centennial of RN School of Music & RM Band Service.
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20th C. (1900-1999); education; memorial; music; Royal Marine;
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20th century, twentieth, music, culture, arts, Royal Marine, commando , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Amos, N. Scott, Pettegree, Andrew & Nierop, Henk van, eds. The Education of a Christian Society: Humanism and the Reformation in Britain and the Netherlands: Papers Delivered to the 13th Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference, 1997. Britain and the Netherlands, # 13. Aldershot: Ashford, 1999, xii, 274 pp. Essays.
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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, religion, chaplain, chapel , historian, history, historical
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An Alphabet of Ships. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson; Greenwich: NMM, c. 1865, 2004, 2005, 16 pp. Folio; intro: Pieter van der Merwe; facsimile of original, children's rhyming book to teach letters; charming & colorful.
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19th C. (1800-1899); education; juvenile literature; naval lore; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, juvenile literature, children's, junior, ship, boat, vessel, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
| 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 |