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Journal American Neptune (1941-1990; Vols. 1-50). Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1997.
This is a recently added resource Journal American Neptune (1991-1995; Vols. 51-55). Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1999.
This is a recently added resource Journal Early South Carolina Newspaper Database . Goodland, KS : ESCN Database Reports .
This is a recently added resource Journal Log of Mystic Seaport (1948-2003; Vols. 1-54). Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum.
This is a recently added resource Journal Mains'l Haul (1964-2008; Vols. 1-44). San Diego, Calif.: Maritime Museum Association of San Diego.
This is a recently added resource Journal Mariner's Mirror (1970-1979; Vols. 56-65). London: Society for Nautical Research.
This is a recently added resource Journal Mariner's Mirror (1980-1984; Vols. 66-70) . London: Society for Nautical Research.
This is a recently added resource Journal Mariner's Mirror (1990-1994; Vols. 76-80). London: Society for Nautical Research.
This is a recently added resource Journal Mariner's Mirror (2000-2004; Vols. 86-90). London: Society for Nautical Research.
This is a recently added resource Journal Nautical Research Journal (1948-1995; Vols. 1-40). Bethesda, Md.: Nautical Research Guild.
This is a recently added resource Journal Rudder (1891-1950; Vols. 1-66). Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications.
Journal Sea Chest: The Journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (1987-1998; Vols. 20-29). Seattle: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, 1967.
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Book Albion, Robert G. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
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Book Albion, Robert G. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1938.
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Book Albion, Robert G. The Rise of New York Port, 1815-1860. New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1970.
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This is a recently added resource Book Anuta, Michael J. Ships of Our Ancestors. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006.
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This is a recently added resource Book Armstrong, Warren. Atlantic Highway. New York: John Day Co., 1961.
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This is a recently added resource Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 4 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 37). London: Navy Records Society, 1909.
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This is a recently added resource Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 5 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 41). London: Navy Records Society, 1911.
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This is a recently added resource Book Atkinson, C.T. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 6 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 66). London: Navy Records Society, 1930.
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Book Baker, William Avery. A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society, 1973.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Ballantyne, Iain. Strike From the Sea: The Royal Navy & US Navy at War in the Middle East. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2004.
This is a recently added resource Book Banks, Charles Edward. The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.
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This is a recently added resource Book Barnette, Michael. Florida's Shipwrecks. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishers, 2008.
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This is a recently added resource Book Barrington, Samuel, and D. Bonner-Smith. The Barrington Papers: Selected From the Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 77). London: Navy Records Society, 1937.
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This is a recently added resource Book Barrington, Samuel, and D. Bonner-Smith. The Barrington Papers: Selected From the Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 81) . London: Navy Records Society, 1941.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Bateson, Charles. Gold Fleet for California: Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, 1964.
This is a recently added resource Book Baughman, James P. The Mallorys of Mystic: Six Generations of American Maritime Enterprise. Middletown, Conn.: Marine Historical Society, by Wesleyan University Press, 1972.
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Book Beach, Edward L. The United States Navy: 200 Years. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1986.
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This is a recently added resource Online Bill Laxon Maritime Library. New Zealand Maritime Index. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand National Maritime Museum, 2006-.
This is a recently added resource Book Bollinger, Martin J. Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.
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This is a recently added resource Book Bowen, Dana Thomas. Shipwrecks of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture. Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1952, 1971.
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Book Braynard, Frank O. Famous American Ships: Being an Historical Sketch of the United States as told Through its Maritime Life. New York: Hastings House, 1956.
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This is a recently added resource Book Brewington, M.V. Chesapeake Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1953.
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Book Brock, Rear Admiral P. W., CB, DSO. Steam and Sail: In Britain and North America. Princeton, NJ: The Pyne Press, 1973.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Bromley, J. S. Corsairs and Navies, 1660-1760. London & Ronceverte, W.Va.: Hambledon Press, 1967.
Book Bruce, Anthony, and William Cogar. An Encyclopedia of Naval History. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
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This is a recently added resource Book Bunting, William Henry. Portrait of a Port: Boston, 1852-1914. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1971.
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Book Butler, Daniel Allen. The Lusitania: The Life, Loss, and Legacy of an Ocean Legend. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.
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Book Butler, Daniel Allen. Warrior Queens: The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002.
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This is a recently added resource Book Cairis, Nicholas T. North Atlantic Passenger Liners Since 1900. London: Allan, 1972.
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Book Calkins, R. H., Skipper. High Tide: The Drama and Tragedy of Seattle's Waterfront. Seattle: Marine Digest Publishing, 1952.
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Book Calore, Paul. Naval Campaigns of the Civil War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2002.
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Book Campbell, R. Thomas. Sea Hawk of the Confederacy: Lt. Charles W. Read and the Confederate Navy. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 2000.
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Book Canney, Donald L. Sailing Warships of the US Navy. London: Chatham Publishing, 2001.
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Book Chapelle, Howard I. The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1973.
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Book Chapelle, Howard I. The History of American Sailing Ships. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1935.
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Book Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1949.
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Book Chapelle, Howard I. The Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1967.
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This is a recently added resource Book Charlebois, Peter. Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers: The Romance of Steamdriven Paddleboats in Canada. Toronto: NC Press, 1978.
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Book Clark, Arthur H. The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, and Crews, 1843-1869. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1910.
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This is a recently added resource Book Clark, Roy. Black-Sailed Traders: The Keels and Wherries of Norfolk and Suffolk. London: Putnam, 1961.
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This is a recently added resource Book Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988.
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This is a recently added resource Book Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, Vol. 1: 1607-1660. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987.
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This is a recently added resource Book Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, Vol. 2: 1661-1699. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1993.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Cole, Bernard D. Gunboats and Marines: The United States Navy in China, 1925-1928. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983.
Book Course, Capt. A.G. Windjammers of the Horn: The Story of the Last British Fleet of Square-rigged Sailing Ships. London: Adlard Coles, Ltd., 1969.
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Book Cutler, Carl C. Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute, 1930.
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Book Cutler, Carl C. Queens of the Western Ocean: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute, 1961.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Davies, David Twiston. The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries. London: Grub Street, 2004.
This is a recently added resource Online Department of Services, Technology & Administration; New South Wales State Records. Bounty Immigrants Lists, 1838-1896. Kingswood, NSW, Australia: State Records, New South Wales Government, Australia, 2010.
This is a recently added resource Online Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Australian National Shipwrecks Database. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia, Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts.
This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Duffy, Michael. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 6 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 146). London: Ashgate Publishing, for the Navy Records Society, 2003.
This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Online Dun, Michael, compiler. Lloyd's List (1812), via 1812Privateers.org. Dundee, Scotland: Michael Dun, 2010.
This is a recently added resource Book Dunne, W. M. P. Thomas F. McManus and the American Fishing Schooners: An Irish-American Success Story. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1994.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Online Dyal, Donald H. Dyal Ship Collection. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Libraries, 2009.
Book Eltis, David, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson, and Herbert S. Klein, eds. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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This is a recently added resource Online Eltis, David, Martin Halbert, et al. Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. Atlanta, Ga.: Emory University.
This is a recently added resource Book Emmons, Frederick E. The Atlantic Liners, 1925-70. New York: Drake Publishers, 1972.
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Book Fairburn, William Armstrong. Merchant Sail. Center Lovell, Maine: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, Inc., 1945-1955.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Fisher, John Arbuthnot, Baron, and Peter Kemp. The Papers of Admiral Sir John Fisher, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol 102.). London: Navy Records Society, 1960.
This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Fisher, John Arbuthnot, Baron, and Peter Kemp. The Papers of Admiral Sir John Fisher, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol 106.) . London: Navy Records Society, 1964.
This is a recently added resource Book Fontenoy, Paul E. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
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This is a recently added resource Book Fox, Stephen R. Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.
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This is a recently added resource Book Fraser, Walter J. Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2006.
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This is a recently added resource Book Friedman, Norman, introduction by. German Warships of World War I: The Royal Navy's Official Guide to the Capital Ships, Cruisers, Destroyers, Submarines and Small Craft, 1914-1918. London: Greenhill, 1992.
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This is a recently added resource Book Friel, Ian. Maritime History of Britain and Ireland, c. 400-2001. London: British Museum Press, 2003.
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This is a recently added resource Online G. W. Blunt White Library. New London (Conn.) Crew Lists Index: 1803-1878. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum.
This is a recently added resource Online G. W. Blunt White Library. Salem, Mass. Crew Lists Index: 1799-1879. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum.
This is a recently added resource Online G. W. Blunt White Library. Ship Register (1857-1900) Database. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 2008.
This is a recently added resource Online G. W. Blunt White Library. Yacht Register Database. : Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Conn..
This is a recently added resource Book Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, and C. T. Atkinson. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 13). London: Navy Records Society, 1898.
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This is a recently added resource Book Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, and C. T. Atkinson. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 17). London: Navy Records Society, 1899.
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This is a recently added resource Book Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, and C. T. Atkinson. Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 30). London: Navy Records Society, 1905.
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This is a recently added resource Book Garitee, Jerome R. The Republic's Private Navy: The American Privateering Business as Practiced by Baltimore During the War of 1812. Middletown, Conn.: Mystic Seaport by Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
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Book Gibbs, Jim. Disaster Log of Ships. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1971.
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Book Gimpel, Herbert J. The United States Nuclear Navy. New York: F. Watts, 1965.
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This is a recently added resource Book Gosset, W.P. The Lost Ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. London & New York: Mansell Publishers, 1986.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Graham, Gerald Sandford, and R. A. Humphreys. The Navy and South America, 1807-1823: Correspondence of the Commanders-In-Chief on the South American Station (Navy Records Society, Vol. 104). London: Navy Records Society, 1962.
This is a recently added resource Book Grainger, John. The Royal Navy in the River Plate, 1806-1807 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 135). Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society: Aldershot, England, 1996.
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Book Greenhill, Basil. The Merchant Schooners: Volume One. London: National Maritime Museum, 1978.
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Book Greenhill, Basil. The Merchant Schooners: Volume Two. London: National Maritime Museum, 1978.
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This is a recently added resource Book Greenwood, John Orville. Namesakes, 1930-1955: A Quarter Century Photostory of Great Lakes Ships. Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1978.
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This is a recently added resource Book Hamilton, Douglas J., and Robert J. Blyth. Representing Slavery: Art, Artefacts, and Archives in the Collections of the National Maritime Museum. Aldershot, England; & Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2007.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Hart Dyke, David. Four Weeks in May: The Loss of the HMS Coventry: A Captain's Story. London: Atlantic, 2007.
Book Hastings, D.J. The Royal Indian Navy, 1612-1950. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988.
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This is a recently added resource Book Hattendorf, John B. British Naval Documents, 1204-1960 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 131). Aldershot, Hants, England: Scholar Press, for the Navy Records Society, 1993.
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This is a recently added resource Book Hattendorf, John B., ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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This is a recently added resource Book Heal, S.C. A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts & Parks. St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell Publishing, 1999.
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Book Hegarty, Reginald B., comp. Addendum to "Starbuck" and "Whaling Masters": New Bedford Customs District. New Bedford, Mass.: New Bedford Free Public Library, 1964.
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Book Hollett, David. Passage to the New World: Packet Ships and Irish Famine Emigrants, 1845-1851. Abergavenny, Great Britain: P.M. Heaton Publishing, 1995.
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This is a recently added resource Book Hood, Viscount Samuel, and David Hannay. Letters Written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3 (Navy Records Society Vol. 3. London: Navy Records Society, 1895.
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This is a recently added resource Book Hore, Peter, National Maritime Museum. The Habit of Victory: The Story of the Royal Navy, 1545 to 1945. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2005.
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Book Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991. New York: Random House, 1991.
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Book Howe, Octavius T., M.D., and Frederick C. Matthews. American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1926.
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Book Hyde, Francis E., and J. R. Harris. Blue Funnel: A History of the Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool, from 1865 to 1914. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 1957.
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This is a recently added resource Book Jackson, Robert M. The Ships' Locator: A Reference to Over 2,000 Ships, Schooners, and Other Vessels of Nineteenth-Century New England and the Atlantic Seaboard. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1998.
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This is a recently added resource Book Jane, Fred T. The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. London: Tri-Service Press, 1990.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Jellicoe, John Rushworth, and A. Temple Patterson. The Jellicoe Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 108). Shortlands (Kent): Navy Records Society, 1966.
This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Jellicoe, John Rushworth, and A. Temple Patterson. The Jellicoe Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 111) . Shortlands (Kent): Navy Records Society, 1968.
This is a recently added resource Book Jentschura, Hansgeorg, Dieter Jung, and Peter Mickel. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1977.
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This is a recently added resource Book Jordan, Borimir. The Athenian Navy in the Classical Period. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1975.
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This is a recently added resource Book Karamanski, Theodore J. Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
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Book Kemp, Lieut.-Cmdr. P. K., O.B.E. History of the Royal Navy. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.
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This is a recently added resource Book Keyes, Roger. The Keyes Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society Vol. 121). London: Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society.
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This is a recently added resource Book Keyes, Roger. The Keyes Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society Vol. 122) . London: Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, 1981.
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This is a recently added resource Book La Guardia, Fiorello H., Writers' Program (New York, NY). A Maritime History of New York. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1941.
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Book Labaree, Benjamin W., others. America and the Sea: A Maritime History. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1998.
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Book Laing, Alexander. The American Heritage History of Seafaring America. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1974.
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This is a recently added resource Book Lance, Kate. Redbill: From Pearls to Peace, The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger. North Fremantle, Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2004.
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Book Lander, Patricia. Guide to Ferryboats of Puget Sound: Past and Present. Annapolis, Md.: Lighthouse Press, 2002.
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Book Lass, William E. A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.
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This is a recently added resource Book Lass, William E. Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature's Highway, 1819-1935. Norman, Okla.: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2008.
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This is a recently added resource Book Laughton, John Knox. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 20). London: Navy Records Society, 1902.
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This is a recently added resource Book Laughton, John Knox, and Andrew D. Lambert. Letters and Papers of Professor Sir John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 143). Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, for Navy Records Society, 2002.
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This is a recently added resource Book Lavery, Brian. Shield of Empire: The Royal Navy and Scotland. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2007.
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This is a recently added resource Online Lawson, Siri Holm. Norwegian Merchant Fleet, 1939-1945. : , 2001-.
This is a recently added resource Book Lenton, H T. British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. 1998: Greenhill Books, London.
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This is a recently added resource Book Lloyd's of London. Lloydʼs War Losses: The Second World War, 3 September 1939 - 14 August 1945. London: Lloyd's of London Press, 1989-1991.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book Lloyd, Christopher, James Lind, Sir Gilbert Blane, and Thomas Trotter. The Health of Seamen: Selections From the Works of Dr. James Lind, Sir Gilbert Blane, and Dr. Thomas Trotter (Navy Records Society, Vol. 107). London: Navy Records Society, 1965.
Book Lubbock, Basil. Last of the Windjammers: Volume One. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1927.
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Book Lubbock, Basil. Last of the Windjammers: Volume Two. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1935.
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Book Lubbock, Basil. The Colonial Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1948.
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Book Lubbock, Basil. The Nitrate Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1932.
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Book Lubbock, Basil. The Opium Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son, & Ferguson, Ltd., 1933.
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This is a recently added resource Online Lund, Judith N., et al. American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database. Redding, Calif.: World Whaling History / National Maritime Digital Library, 2008.
Book MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1775-1815: Sovereignty of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1985.
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Book MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1815-1850: Supremacy of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1984.
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Book MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1850-1875: Heyday of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1984.
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This is a recently added resource Book Mainwaring, Sir Henry, and G. E. Mainwaring. The Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 54). London: Navy Records Society, 1920.
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This is a recently added resource Book Marcus, Geoffrey Jules. A Naval History of England (Vol 1: The Formative Centuries). Boston: Little, Brown, 1962.
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This is a recently added resource Book Marcus, Geoffrey Jules. A Naval History of England (Vol 2: The Age of Nelson). Boston: Little, Brown, 1962.
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This is a recently added resource Online Maritime Administration. Property Management & Archive Record System. : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Maritime Administration.
This is a recently added resource Book Markham, John, and Sir Clements R. Markham. Selections From the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 28). London: Navy Records Society, 1904.
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This is a recently added resource Book Martin, Sir Thomas B., and Sir Richard V. Hamilton. Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B., Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 24). London: Navy Records Society, 1902.
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This is a recently added resource Book Martin, Sir Thomas B., and Sir Richard V. Hamilton. Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B., Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 12). London: Navy Records Society, 1898.
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This is a recently added resource Book Martin, Sir Thomas B., and Sir Richard V. Hamilton. Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B., Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 19). London: Navy Records Society, 1900.
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Book Marx, Robert F. Shipwrecks in the Americas. New York: Dover, 1987.
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Book Massman, Emory A. Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference to 39 United States Military Vessels. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1999.
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Book Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1930.
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Book Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900: Series Two. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1931.
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This is a recently added resource This is a recently added resource Book McConaghy, Lorraine, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West. Seattle, Wash.: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, 2009.
This is a recently added resource Book Middleton, Charles, and John Knox Laughton. Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham, Admiral of the Red Squadron, 1758-1813, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 32). London: Navy Records Society, 1907.
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Book Millar, John F. American Ships of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1978.
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Book Miller, Nathan. The U.S. Navy: An Illustrated History. New York & Annapolis, Md.: American Heritage Publishing & United States Naval Institute Press, 1977.
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Book Mills, Randall V. Stern-wheelers Up Columbia: A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Palo Alto, California: California: Pacific Books, 1947.
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Book Newell, Gordon R. Ships of the Inland Sea: The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1960.
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Book Newell, Gordon R. , ed. The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966.
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Book Paine, Lincoln P. Ships of Discovery and Exploration. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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Book Paine, Lincoln P. Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
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Book Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
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Book Wall, Robert. Ocean Liners. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977.
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