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Books on: nelson navy

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Nelson: A Personal History

Book by Christopher Hibbert; Addison-Wesley, 1994

Subjects:

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History, Naval--18th Century, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--Biography, Nelson, Horatio Nelson--Viscount--1758-1805

Collections: History, Entire Library

...13 Suckling, Maurice, Comptroller of the Navy , 7n; and Nelson children, I, 2 ; Royal Navy, 2 -3; wealth, 3 ; and N, 5 , 8 , 16...Charles 1740?-99 , 102 Thompson, Horatia Nelson 1801-81 : birth, 208 , 242 ; Ns joy, 243...
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Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, from New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our G - Vol. 1

Book by General Nelson Appleton Miles; University of Nebraska Press, 1992

Subjects:

Generals--United States--Biography, Indians Of North America--Wars--1866-1895, Indians Of North America--West (U.S.), Miles, Nelson Appleton--1839-1925, West (U.S.)--Description And Travel, West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890

Collections: History, Entire Library

...been swept from the seas by privateers built and manned in foreign ports, although at that time we had built up the strongest navy afloat. Some of our statesmen advocated the formation of two great armies composed of the soldiers of the North and the South...
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Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853

Book by Roger Morriss; University of Exeter Press, 1997

Subjects:

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Cockburn, George--Sir--1772-1853, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Since Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, the navy had lost ground in public popularity...Duke of Wellington-the role of the navy in establishing the recent peace...character for the benefit of the navy. Admirals with outstanding achievements...
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Naval Engagements: Patriotism, Cultural Politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815

Book by Timothy Jenks; Oxford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Naval Operations, British, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820, Great Britain--Royal Navy--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--History--19th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--Influence, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Naval Operations, British, Patriotism--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Patriotism--Great Britain--History--19th Century

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...that tensions existed in the funerary period. Rather, they were simply written out of loyalist accounts. Neither Nelson, the navy, the fundamentally defensive context of Trafalgar, nor the funeral itself, admitted of an easy resolution in the...
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The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain - Vol. 1

Book by A. T. Mahan; Little Brown and Company, 1897

Subjects:

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History, Naval--18th Century, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Nelson, Horatio Nelson--Viscount--1758-1805

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...hands letters contemporary with Nelson, and touching incidentally matters...Knox Laughton, whose knowledge of Nelson and of the Navy of that period is second to none...admirable, though brief, Life of Nelson published by Mr. Laughton two...

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Journal Articles on: nelson navy

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Why Doesn't America Have a Nelson?

Journal article by James Holmes; Naval War College Review, Vol. 58, 2005

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Military history, Military officers, Military policy, Military readiness, Military strategy, Navy-US, Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805)

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...exploits. The Royal Navy planned a full slate...enthusiasm for Horatio Nelson in particular, and...admiral. The Japanese navy made a sucker of...lacked the dash of a Nelson, and Admiral Arleigh...affinity for the Navy and the sea-invent a corporate "Nelson," as it were...
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The Uses of Maritime History in and for the Navy

Journal article by John B. Hattendorf; Naval War College Review, Vol. 56, 2003

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Armed forces, History, Navy-US

Collections: History, Entire Library

...typical challenges that the Navy faces and the reasons why a...might be tempted to assign the Navy would be inadvisable, would...the present and future use of navies than those who have none. Uniformed Men and Women in the Navy The people who serve in uniform...Tromp, Blake, de Ruyter, Nelson, Togo, Jellicoe, and Scheer...
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Jane Austen and the Navy

Journal article by Deidre Lynch; CLIO, Vol. 32, 2003

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Jane Austen and the Navy (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Jane Austen and the Navy. by Deidre Lynch By Brian Southam...conceived, we learn, as a "Nelson Birthday Lecture"--represents...common with Admiral Horatio Nelson--the brilliant tactician...another sort that links Austen to Nelson, yet it is one worth considering...
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Remembering Nelson Estupinan Bass (1912-2002)

Journal article by Henry J. Richards; Afro - Hispanic Review, Vol. 22, 2003

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Awards & honors, Bass, Nelson Estupinan (1912-2002), Deaths, Writers

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...homages to the author continued in Nelson Estupinan Basss birthplace...of a flotilla, headed to a Navy gunboat that was lying at anchor...ceremony, scattered the ashes of Nelson Estupinan Bass in the bay...offer as my personal tribute to Nelson Estupinan Bass a listing of...
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Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787

Journal article by Carolyn S. Knapp; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787 (Book)--Book reviews

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...providing a list of books on Nelson, may disappoint those with...puzzling in a work that aims to put Nelson in context is the absence of...Lord Sandwich and the Georgian navy. The timing of this biography...Indies, has blossomed recently. Nelson in the Caribbean, despite some...

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Magazine Articles on: nelson navy

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Rediscovering Nelson: Colin White Surveys Current Scholarship on the National Hero and Announces an Autumn Lecture Series Devoted to Him

Magazine article by Colin White; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004

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Admirals--19th century AD, Admirals--Behavior, Admirals--History, Admirals--Portrayals, Battle of Trafalgar, 1805--History, Naval battles--19th century AD, Naval battles--History, Naval battles--Portrayals, Nelson, Horatio--Behavior, Nelson, Horatio--History, Nelson, Horatio--Portrayals, United Kingdom. Royal Navy--History, United Kingdom--History

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...complex character. As the so-called Nelson Decade approaches its climax with...understand more clearly the reasons why Nelson and his colleagues were so successful...work has been created on the Royal Navy in which Nelson served, its ships, people and...
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Kiss Me, Horatio: Margarette Lincoln and Colin White Debate the Significance of a Recently Discovered Cache of Letters from Frances Nelson to Her Husband's Prize Agent Written at the Time of the Collapse of Her Marriage to Britain's Greatest Naval Hero

Magazine article by Margarette Lincoln, Colin White; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003

Subjects:

Davidson, Alexander--Records and correspondence, Historians--Attitudes, Lincoln, Margarette--Attitudes, Military wives--Records and correspondence, Navies--Officers, Nelson, Frances--Records and correspondence, Nelson, Horatio--Family, White, Colin--Attitudes

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...discovered cache of letters from Frances Nelson to her husbands prize agent written at...two letters, written by Frances, Lady Nelson, to her husbands prize agent, Alexander...from the time of the break-up of the Nelson marriage in early 1801 and they offer...
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Sept 29 1758: Birth of Horatio Nelson

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 58, September 2008

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Admirals--Biography, Nelson, Horatio--Biography, United Kingdom. Royal Navy--Officials and employees

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Sept 29 1758: Birth of Horatio Nelson. by Richard Cavendish The most...in the history of the Royal Navy grew up in the North Norfolk...where his father, Edmund Nelson, was the rector of Burnham...making an exciting career in the navy. It was news of his exploits...
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Deal Maker: The Energy Department's Nicole Nelson-Jean Held Her Own against a Group of Russian Cold War Veterans to Negotiate a Nuclear Security Agreement

Magazine article by George Cahlink; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 294, December 2004

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Government employees--Analysis, Government employees--Biography, Nelson, Jean, Nicole--Employment, Public employees--Analysis, Public employees--Biography, United States. Department of Energy--Officials and employees

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...Energy Departments Nicole Nelson-Jean Held Her Own against...by George Cahlink Nicole Nelson-Jean was warned about working with Russian Navy officers. They were grizzled...I was the boss," recalls Nelson-Jean, now thirty-two...
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Nelson & Napoleon: Claire Warrior, of the National Maritime Museum, Previews the Themes of the Exhibition Opening on July 7th

Magazine article by Claire Warrior; History Today, Vol. 55, July 2005

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Battle of Trafalgar, 1805--Criticism and interpretation, Battle of Trafalgar, 1805--Exhibitions, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Criticism and interpretation, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Exhibitions, National Maritime Museum--Exhibitions, Nelson, Horatio--Criticism and interpretation, Nelson, Horatio--Exhibitions

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...loyalty to the Crown. While the Navy was considered to be the cornerstone...clearing the Channel for invasion. Nelson followed Villeneuve but was...east and strike at Austria. Nelson returned to England on August...Merton for battle, just as Nelson himself did. In Trafalgar...

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Newspaper Articles on: nelson navy

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THE FULL NELSON; Admiral's Lost Letter Shows Navy Hero Itching for a Fight Just Four Days before His Death

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 13, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THE FULL NELSON; Admirals Lost Letter Shows Navy Hero Itching for a Fight Just Four...arm, but this letter proves Lord Nelson could still write left-handed...in the most famous sea battle. Nelson had inspired his troops on the morning...
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BRITAIN'S GOD OF WAR; Brilliant Commander. Awesome Tactician. A Man without Fear. Drawing on New Archive Material, This Bloody Account of the Carnage That Was Trafalgar Reveals Why Nelson Was Truly . .

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 9, 2004

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Nelson, Horatio

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...business. By nightfall Nelson had won the greatest victory...the history of the Royal Navy in the sea battle fought...15 yards to larboard, Nelson was pacing Victorys quarterdeck...and most violent in the Navy whose response to indiscipline was 36 lashes. Nelson had just turned to the...
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Battle's on for Nelson Events

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 19, 2005

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Nelson, Horatio

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758, to Catherine (Suckling) Nelson the wife of Edmund Nelson rector of Burnham Thorpe in the county of Norfolk. Nelson entered the Navy on January 1, 1771, at the age of 12. Despite hardships, he worked...
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Navy Fleet to Be Cut by 50% to Save Cash

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 5, 2007

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France. Navy

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Navy Fleet to Be Cut by 50% to Save...almost halve the size of the Navy, it was reported today. A...streamlining would leave the Navy as "no better than a coastal...as a Navy port. What would Nelson say? Royal Navy Figures based...
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How Lord Nelson Helped Liverpool to Greatness; His Legacy Is Still Part of the Port's Fabric 200 Years after Trafalgar

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 22, 2005

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Nelson, Horatio

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the first in a series known as Nelson 200 given by Dr White which...famous battle which saw Lord Nelson, Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, defeat the combined French...conquer England. Ironically, Nelson died on the quarterdeck of HMS...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: nelson navy

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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT 1758 1805, British admiral...he is commemorated by the celebrated Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square, London. Early Life He entered the navy at the age of 12 and became a captain...
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Spencer, George John Spencer, 2d Earl

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...him first lord of the admiralty. In his term of office the navy achieved the victories of St. Vincent and Camperdown, and Spencer was responsible for the selection of Horatio Nelson to command the fleet that won the famous battle of Aboukir...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...wars against Napoleon I , notable for the victories of Horatio Nelson and Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington . In Ireland, the...Great Britains commercial interests, advanced by the British navy, brought on in 1839 the first Opium War with China, which...
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Mahan, Alfred Thayer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...United States, Theodore Roosevelt and other proponents of a big navy and overseas expansion were much influenced by Mahans writings...his many works are biographies of David Farragut and Horatio Nelson and the autobiographical From Sail to Steam (1907, repr...
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Saumarez, James Saumarez, Baron De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1757 1836, British admiral, b. Guernsey. He entered the navy in 1770 and attained command of a vessel in 1778. He was with...the victory of Cape St. Vincent (1797), and with Horatio Nelson at Aboukir in 1798, taking an important part in each engagement...

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