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Aaseng, Nathan. The Titanic. Building History Series. San Diego: Lucent, 1999, 96 pp. Juvenile literature; design & building.
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Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster, shipbuilding, ship design, juvenile literature, children's, junior, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell. The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825. London: Methuen; New York: St. Martin; London: Prion, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1974, 1998, xviii, 731 pp. Acton, 1904-1994; included section on Nelson at Naples in 1790s.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Hamilton, Emma; Naples; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell. Three Extraordinary Ambassadors. London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, 64 pp. Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures, # 15, Birkbeck College, London; Henry Wooten, Horace Mann & Sir William Hamilton; Anglo-Italian relations.
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Anglo-Italian; diplomacy; Hamilton, Emma; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-Italian, Italy , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adams, Simon L. Titanic. Eyewitness Books Series. New York: DK, 1999, 59 pp. Juvenile literature; review of events.
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20th century, twentieth, juvenile literature, children's, junior, Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Adams, Valerie. The Falklands Conflict. Flashpoint Series. East Sussex: Wayland, 1988, 78 pp. Many illustrations; juvenile literature.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Argentine; Falkland; invasion; juvenile literature;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , invasion, armada, landing , juvenile literature, children's, junior
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Akiyama, Yuriko. Feeding the Nation: Nutrition and Health in Britain before World War One. London: I.B. Tauris, 2008, x, 293 pp. Cooks & health in RN.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition
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Akiyama, Yuriko. "Trained Cooks and Healthy Boys: Reforming the Mess in the Royal Navy before the First World War." MM, 94 (November 2008): 420-31.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; logistics; Royal Navy; victualling;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies
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Alcraft, Rob. Shipping Disasters. World's Worst Series. Chicago: Heinemann, 2000, 32 pp. Juvenile literature; 3 disasters: Titanic, Derbyshire & Estonia.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; juvenile literature; liner; ship; wreck;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, juvenile literature, children's, junior, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , ship, boat, vessel, liner, passenger liner, steamship , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect
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Alden, Dauril. Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life: Soldier, Historian, Collector, Traveller. Lisbon: Fundacao Oriente, 2001, 616 pp. Assisted: James S. Cummins & Michael Cooper; Boxer, 1904-2000, Isle of Wight; best scholar on Portuguese & Dutch maritime empires.
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Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-Portuguese; historian; imperialism; maritime history; personality;
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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal , historian, history, historical, maritime history, naval history , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. New York: Walker, 1964, 134 pp. Nautical fiction; juvenile literature; young English sailor, thence to American navy during War of 1812; based on Samuel Leech, 1798-1848.
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age of sail; condition; juvenile literature; memoir; nautical fiction; Royal Navy; ship; United States Navy; War of 1812;
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age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , united states navy, US navy, ship, boat, vessel, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Aldridge, David D. "The Victualling of the British Naval Expedition to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 12 (1964): 1-25. During this period, 9 separate expeditions into the Baltic; commanded by Sir John Norris, Byng & Wager; new theater of operations & new logistical problems; Victualling Board met requirements creditably.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Baltic; diplomacy; health; logistics; Royal Navy; trade; victualling;
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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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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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Allen, Joseph A. Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte. London: Routledge; Boston: Elibron, 1852, 1853, 1871, 1886, 2001, xvi, 319 pp. Last biographer of Nelson who claimed to have known Nelson; denounced Pettigrew for expose about Horatia, daughter of Lady Hamilton; "to stamp his memory with infamy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; Hamilton, Emma; historian; leadership; Nelson, Horatio; personality; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , historian, history, historical
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Allen, Joseph A. The Navigation Laws of Great Britain: Historically and Practically Considered: With Reference to Commercial and National Defence. London: Baily & Ridgway, 1849, xi, 344 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; diplomacy; navigation law; ship; trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, navigation law, ship, boat, vessel
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Allyn, Richard. A Narrative of the Victory Obtained by the English and Dutch Fleets near La Hogue in the Year 1692. London: Robinson, 1744, 58 pp. By chaplain of Centurion.
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17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; battles; English Channel; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Alphen, Marc A. & Dissel, Anita M. van, eds. Chronicle of the Royal Netherlands Navy: Five Hundred Years of Dutch Maritime History. Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 2006, 488 pp.
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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history
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Amabile, Arsenio. M. Carolina, Lady Hamilton e O. Nelson nei moti del 1799 a Napoli Cenni critici. Caserta, 1902, 46 pp. Royals, Nelson & Emma; Naples.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Hamilton, Emma; Naples; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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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;
Keywords:
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 |