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Acworth, Bernard. The Economic Significance of Coal: A Symposium on the Utilization of Coal. London, 1933, 10 pp. Pamphlet; critical of current naval policies.
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age of steam; architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy;
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , age of steam, propulsion , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, interwar
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Adams, John. Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships, 1820-1970. London: New Cavendish, 1993, 212 pp. Folio; 500 superb illustrations depicting over 400 vessels.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); age of steam; ship;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Jonathan & Black, Jennifer. "From Rescue to Research: Medieval Ship Finds in St. Peter Port, Guernsey." IJ Nau Res, 33 (2004): 230-52.
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English Channel; Middle Ages (400-1399); nautical archaeology; port; wreck;
Keywords:
English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , middle ages (400-1399)
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Adams, Simon L. The Armada Campaign of 1588. New Appreciations in History Series, # 13. London: Historical Association, 1988, 24 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; general history; invasion;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , general history, general survey, survey
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Adams, Simon L. "The Armada: Battle in the Downs." See M. Rodriguez-Salgado, England, Spain & Grand Armada, pp. 173-96.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; invasion; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Adams, Simon L. "The Lurch into War: The Spanish Armada." His Tod, 38 (May 1988): 18-25. Armada a surprise to English; Channel battling unplanned.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; battles; English Channel; invasion;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , armada, Spanish, invasion
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Adams, Ron B. Red Funnel and Before. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway, 1986, 128 pp. Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1861-1968, "Red Funnel" fleet.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); commerce; company; English Channel; merchant marine;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Aflalo, Frederick George. The Sea-Fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea Fisheries and Fishing Ports of Those Countries. London: Edward Stanford, 1904, xx, 386 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; age of steam; fishing; merchant marine; naval lore; port;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, age of sail, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling
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Agassiz, Alexandre. A Visit to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia: In the Steamer Croydon, during April and May 1896. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1898, 54 pp. Illustrations: 41 plates.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; exploration; Royal Australian Navy; ship;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel
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Airy, George Biddell. Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, . . . . Plautius, . . . . and by Claudius Caesar. . . . London, 1865. Collection of letters & papers; included paper on places of departure & landing of Caesar.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality;
Keywords:
ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Airy, George Biddell. "On the Place of Julius Caesar's Departure from Gaul for the Invasion of Britain, and the Place of His Landing in Britian: With an Appendix on the Battle of Hastings." Archaeologia, 34 (1852). By prolific observer.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality; port;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, invasion, armada, landing , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alban, J.R. "English Coastal Defence: Some Fourteenth-Century Modifications with the System." See R. Griffith, Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces, 1981.
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English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, middle ages (400-1399)
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Alban, J.R. "National Defence in England, 1337-1389." Ph.D. diss, Liverpool, 1976. (ASLIB 28-585).
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English Channel; Imperial Defence; Middle Ages (400-1399); port;
Keywords:
English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , middle ages (400-1399), port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, ix, 435 pp. Foreword: Benjamin Labaree; coverage of over 150 ships.
Categories:
age of sail; age of steam; architecture; merchant marine; ship; ship of the line; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
age of sail, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, merchant marine
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Makers of Naval Policy, 1798-1947. Annapolis: NIP, 1948, 1980, x, 737 pp. Ed: Rowena Reed; official administrative history of U.S. Navy; comprehensive & critical; written in 1948 but not published until 1980.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; age of sail; age of steam; Anglo-American; sea power; strategy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, sea power, strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "Introduction: British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914." See D. Aldcroft, Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, pp. 4-36.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); age of steam; Anglo-German; commerce; enterprise; expansion; merchant marine;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine
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Aldridge, David D. "Russell: La Hogue, 1692." See E. Grove, Great Battles of the Royal Navy, pp. 55-62.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-French; battles; English Channel; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , battles, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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age of sail; age of steam; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; exploration; general history; leadership; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; voyage;
Keywords:
age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)
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Allen, Joseph A. Battles of the British Navy: From AD 1000 to 1840. 2 vols. London: Bailey; London: Henry Bohn; London: George Bell; Hamilton: Simpkin Marshall; Glasgow: Morison, 1842, 1852, 1853, 1878, 1883, 1905, 436 pp. Allen "of Greenwich Hospital," 1810-1864.
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Admiralty; age of sail; age of steam; battles; general history; Middle Ages (400-1399); Royal Navy;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, general history, general survey, survey, battles, middle ages (400-1399), Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Matthew. "The Employment of Untried Technology: British Naval Tactics in the Ironclad Era." War in History, 15 (July 2008): 269-93. Gun, ram, torpedo; gun prevailed.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of steam; gunnery; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; tactics; technology; torpedo; weapons;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade
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 |