Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I. HISTORIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- A. Historical Background and Overview -- Chapter 2. Purpose, Scope, Format, and Features -- A. Purpose -- B. Scope -- C. Format -- D. Cross Referencing and Indexes -- E. Limitations -- F. Features -- Chapter 3. General References -- A. Bibliographies -- B. Naval Encyclopedias -- C. Naval Biographies -- D. Chronologies -- E. Statistics -- F. Dissertations and Theses -- Chapter 4. Resource Centers -- A. Official Archives and Depositories -- 1. The Public Record Office -- 2. The British Library -- 3. The National Archives of the United States and the Library of Congress -- 4. Institutions of Higher Education -- B. Libraries -- C. Museums -- 1. The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich -- 2. The Royal Naval Museum -- 3. Other Maritime Museums -- D. Institutions, Organizations, Associations, and Societies -- 1. The Navy Records Society -- 2. The Society for Nautical Research -- 3. Other Associations -- E. Conferences and Symposia -- 1. Naval History Symposium -- 2. Anglo-French Naval History Conferences -- 3. Anglo-Dutch Maritime History Conferences -- 4. Others -- 5. Exhibitions -- 6. Festschrift -- F. Journals and Periodicals -- Chapter 5. Naval Writers and Historians -- A. The Proto-Naval Historians -- B. The Earliest Quasi-Professionals -- 1. Julian Stafford Corbett -- 2. Alfred Thayer Mahan -- 4. C. Northcote Parkinson -- 3. Herbert Richmond -- C. Professors as Historians -- D. Full-time Professional Historians -- E. The Current Leaders -- F. The Next Generation -- G. Other Naval Historians -- H. Writing Naval History -- Chapter 6. Histories of the English/British Navy -- A. When and Who? -- B. The Preeminent Histories -- C. The Earliest Histories of the English/British Navy.

D. English/British Naval Histories of the Twentieth Century -- E. Illustrated Histories -- F. The Great Battles Approach -- G. General Naval Histories -- H. The Age of Fighting Sail -- I. The Navy, Empire, Europe, and European Hegemony -- J. The Sea, the Ocean, Seafarers, and Regions -- K. Other English/British and Foreign Forces -- L. Pertinent General Histories -- M. The State of English/British Naval History -- Chapter 7. Chronological Periods: Naval Wars and Prominent Battles -- A. Roman Britain -- 1. Julius Caesar -- 2. Invasion -- B. Anglo-Saxon England -- 1. King Alfred -- 2. The Vikings -- C. Norman England -- 1. William the Conqueror, the Conquest -- 2. Richard I, the Crusades -- 3. The Cinque Ports -- 4. Treaties and Expansion -- D. The Isles -- 1. Dalriada -- 2. Ireland -- 3. Scotland -- 4. Wales -- E. The Middle Ages -- 1. Why Europe -- Why England/Britain? -- 2. Italy -- 3. Portugal -- 4. In the Baltic Sea -- 5. Gascony -- 6. Bristol -- 7. The Hundred Years' War -- F. The 16th Century -- 1. The Tudor Navy -- 2. Anglo-Spanish Relations -- 3. War -- 4. The Armada -- 5. The Armada - Nautical Archaeology -- 6. The Armada - Off Scotland and Ireland -- 7. The Armada - Literature and Anniversaries -- 8. After the Armada -- G. The 17th Century -- 1. The Navy of the Early Stuarts -- 2. The Rise of Maritime Hegemony -- 3. The Thirty Years' War -- 4. The Navy and the Civil War -- 5. In the Mediterranean Sea -- 6. The Anglo-Dutch Wars -- 7. The Navy and the Restoration -- 8. The Navy and the Revolution of 1688 -- 9. Tsar Peter the Great -- 10. The Wars of King Louis XIV -- H. The 18th Century -- 1. The War of Spanish Succession -- 2. The War of Jenkins's Ear -- 3. The War of Austrian Succession -- 4. The Seven Years' War -- 5. The War of the American Revolution -- I. The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

1. The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon -- 2. The Glorious First of June -- 3. The Battle of Camperdown -- 4. The Blockade of Brest -- 5. Nelson's Navy -- 6. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent -- 7. The Egyptian Campaign -- 8. The Battle of the Nile -- 9. The Battles of Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807 -- 10. The Campaign of Trafalgar -- 11. The Battle of Trafalgar -- 12. The Treaty of Tilsit of 1807 and the Continental System -- 13. The Pensular Campaign and After -- 14. The War of 1812 -- 15. The War on the Lakes -- 16. Napoleon Bonaparte and Exile -- 17. Lord Cochrane and South America -- Chapter 8. Special Emphasis -- A. Horatio Nelson -- 1. Biographies and Studies -- 2. Operations and Naval Career -- 3. Letters, Journals, Literature, Art, and Assessments -- 4. The Funeral and Memorials -- 5. The Women -- 6. HMS VICTORY -- 7. The Nelson Decade -- B. William Bligh -- 1. Biographies and Studies -- 2. The Mutiny -- 3. HM Bark BOUNTY -- 4. Literature and Assessments -- Chapter 9. Other Personalities - Officers -- A. The Profession of Naval Officer -- B. Listing the Greats -- C. The Role of the Monarchy -- D. Prominent Personalities -- 1. Francis Drake -- 2. Walter Raleigh -- 3. The Hawkins Family -- 4. Robert Blake -- 5. George Monck -- 6. William Dampier -- 7. George Anson -- 8. Edward Vernon -- 9. Edward Hawke -- 10. George Rodney -- 11. Richard Howe -- 12. John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent -- 13. William Sydney Smith -- 14. Cuthbert Collingwood -- 15. Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald -- 16. Samuel Pepys -- E. Miscellaneous -- Chapter 10. Human Resources: The Lower Deck -- A. Social Histories of the Lower Deck -- B. Individual Accountsof Life on the Lower Deck -- C. Recruitment, Manning, and Impressment -- D. Impressment and the War of 1812 -- E. Health Factors, Scurvy, and Environmental Conditions -- F. Victualling, Uniforms, and Wages.

G. Discipline and Punishment -- H. The Role of Women -- I. Sexuality and Homosexuality -- J. Mutiny -- Chapter 11. Warships -- A. General Surveys -- B. Navy Lists -- C. Individual Ships and Ship Types -- D. Galleys, Gallasses, and Galleons -- E. The Ship of the Line -- F. Frigates -- G. Shipbuilding and Ship Models -- Chapter 12. Piracy, Plunder, and Privateering -- A. Privateers -- B. France and guerre de course -- C. Piracy -- D. Smuggling and Piracy in England -- E. The Caribbean and Piracy -- F. Barbary Corsairs -- Chapter 13. The Navy, State-Building, and the Military Revolution -- A. The Navy and the Rise of the Nation State -- B. The Military Revolution -- Chapter 14. Administration, Logistics, Victualling, Shipbuilding, Dockyards, and Naval Ports -- A. The Admiralty -- B. Administration -- C. Administrators -- D. Shipbuilding, Naval Architecture, and Naval Architects -- E. Technological Advances -- F. Timber and the Wooden Walls -- G. The Ordnance Office and Naval Gunnery -- H. Logistics, Victualling, and the Transport Service -- I. The Dockyards -- J. Naval Ports and Bases -- K. Patronage, "Interest," and Corruption -- Chapter 15. The Law of the Sea, Admiralty Courts, and the Prize Process -- A. The Law of the Sea -- B. Courts of the Admiralty -- C. The Prize Process -- D. Naval Regulations, Discipline, and Courts Martial -- Chapter 16. Strategy, Tactics, Communications, Intelligence, and Amphibious Operations -- A. Sea Power -- B. Naval Strategy -- C. Naval Tactics -- D. A Perennial Fear: Invasion -- E. Trade, Defense of Commerce, and Imperial Defense -- F. Maritime Insurance -- G. Communications -- H. Intelligence -- I. Amphibious Warfare -- Chapter 17. Exploration, Discovery, Navigation, Cartography, and Science -- A. The Hakluyt Society -- B. James Cook -- C. The Ships of the Cook Voyages -- D. The Journals of the Voyages.

E. Joseph Banks -- F. The Age of Discovery -- G. The Enlightenment, Myths, and Apotheosis -- H. Exploration and Discovery: The Atlantic Ocean -- I. The Northwest Passage -- J. Exploration and Discovery: The Pacific Ocean -- K. The Science of Navigation -- L. Trinity House -- M. Time and the Search for Longitude -- N. The Weather -- O. Greenwich -- P. The Astronomer Royal -- Q. Hydrography -- R. Cartography -- S. George Vancouver and Matthew Flinders -- T. John Barrow -- U. Charles Darwin and the BEAGLE -- V. Australia and New Zealand -- W. Convict Voyages and Penal Colonies -- Chapter 18. Nautical Archaeology -- A. Nautical Archaeology -- B. SUTTON HOO Ship Burial -- C. MARY ROSE -- D. Wrecks of the Spanish Armada -- E. Towns and Nautical Archaeology -- F. VASA -- Chapter 19. Nautical Dictionaries -- Chapter 20. Nautical Fiction -- A. Nautical Fiction -- B. Patrick O'Brian -- C. C.S. Forester -- D. Other Nelson Surrogates -- E. Other Nautical Fiction -- F. American Nautical Fiction -- Chapter 21. Art, Literary Products, the Media, and Cyberspace -- A. Art and Design -- B. Tapestries -- 1. The Bayeux Tapestry -- C. Literature -- D. Music -- E. Ceremony -- F. The Internet -- Chapter 22. Gaps and Research Needed -- PART II. DESCRIPTIVE LISTS -- a. Journals and Periodicals -- b. Associations and Societies -- c. Museums -- d. Publishers and Publication Series -- e. Replicas -- f. Monuments and Memorials -- g. Lectures and Awards -- h. Fictional Heroes of the Nelson Era -- PART III. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Annotated Entries Introduction -- Appendixes -- I. List of Pertinent Masters Theses -- II. List of Publications of the Navy Records Society -- Author - Person Index -- Subject Index.