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  • The old captain and his ship / story by Norma Keating ; woodcuts by Clara Skinner.

    • Text
    • [New York] : New York City Board of Education, [1938?]
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KL 91-496Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The Hatchet of the United States ship "George Washington," / compiled by Captain Edwin T. Pollock, U.S. Navy, and Lieut. (j.g.) Paul F. Bloomhardt, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy. [v. l-9; Feb. 21-Dec. l2, 1918.

    • Text
    • New York : Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Co.], 1919.
    • 1919-1918
    • 1 Item
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    Text 940.91 H281Off-site
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  • The Hatchet of the United States ship "George Washington," compiled by Captain Edwin T. Pollock, U.S. Navy, and Lieut. (j.g.) Paul F. Bloomhardt, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy. [v. l-9; Feb. 21-Dec. l2, 1918.

    • Text
    • New York, Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Co.] 1919.
    • 1919-1918
    • 3 Items

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    Text BTZE (Hatchet of the United States ship. 1919)Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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    Text BTZE (Hatchet of the United States ship. 1919)Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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  • Clipper ship captain : Daniel McLaughlin and the Glory of the Seas / by Michael Jay Mjelde.

    • Text
    • Palo Alto, CA : Glencannon Press , 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK140.M38 M58 1997Off-site
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  • Captain Charles Hervey Townshend; self-portrait of an American packet ship sailor.

    • Text
    • Mystic, Ct. : Marine Historical Association, 1940.
    • 1940
    • 3 Items
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    Text TRA (Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Conn. Publication) v. 2 (July 27, 1940-Dec. 10, 1948)Offsite
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    Text NYGB G T 6669 v. 2, no. 1Offsite
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    Text AN (Townshend) (Townshend, C. H. Captain Charles Hervey Townshend)Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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  • Great ships passing : a story of mariners and their ships / by Harold Thurston.

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    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK140.T525 A3 1997Off-site
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  • The captain who burned his ships : Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829 / Gordon S. Brown.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
    • 2011
    • 1 Item
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    Text V63 .T55 2011Off-site
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  • The captain who burned his ships : Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829 / Gordon S. Brown.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
    • 2011
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 11-4368Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Captain Stormalong [motion picture] / Film Associates, Inc.

    • Moving image
    • New York : Phoenix/BFA, 1971.
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
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    Moving image J M16 1349 G C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1Offsite

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  • Nautical Newburyport : a history of captains, clipper ships and the Coast Guard / Dyke Hendrickson.

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    • Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.
    • 2017-2017
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 17-6395Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • An impartial examination of the case of Captain Isaac Phillips, late of the navy, and commander of the United States sloop of war Baltimore, in 1798. Compiled from original documents and records, with the proceedings upon his application to be restored to his rank in the United States Navy.

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    • Baltimore, B. Edes, 1825.
    • 1825
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Phillips) (Phillips, I. Impartial examination of the case of Captain Isaac Phillips)Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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  • Trial of Captain John Shaw, by the general court martial, holden on board the U.S. Ship Independence, at the Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, upon charges and specifications preferred against him by Captain Isaac Hull, of the United States' Navy [electronic resource].

    • Text
    • Washington [D.C.] : Davis and Force, printers, booksellers and stationers, 1822.
    • 1822
  • Power of consuls to remove merchant captains, or, An examination into the legality and propriety of the conduct of Gorham Parks, esq., late United States consul in Rio de Janeiro [electronic resource] : in the removal of the captains of the ships "Pacific" and "Xylon", and of the schooners "Friendship" and "Sacramento."

    • Text
    • New-York : Oliver & brother, printers, 1850.
    • 1850
    • 1 Resource

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  • Proceedings of the general court martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain John Hall, of the United States' ship Chesapeake, in the month of January, 1808 / published by order of the Navy Department.

    • Text
    • [Washington] Printed by J. Gideon, Jr., 1822.
    • 1822
    • 4 Items

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    http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433008496832
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    Text VYE p.v. 21Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text VYG (Barron) (United States. Courts: Court Martial (Barron). Proceedings of the general court martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron)Offsite
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    Text VYG (Barron) (United States. Courts: Court Martial (Barron). Proceedings of the general court martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron)Offsite
  • Power of consuls to remove merchant captains; or, An examination into the legality and propriety of the conduct of Gorham Parks, esq., late United States consul in Rio de Janeiro, in the removal of the captains of the ships "Pacific" and "Xylon," and of the schooners "Friendship" and "Sacramento."

    • Text
    • New-York, Oliver & Brother, printers, 1850.
    • 1850
    • 1 Item

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    http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.FIG:006356250
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    Text US 1643.40Off-site
  • Captain Blakeley and the Wasp : the cruise of 1814 / Stephen W.H. Duffy.

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    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text E353.1.B57 D84 2001Off-site
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  • Ship's business; and, Cargo loss and damage.

    • Text
    • Cambridge, Md., Cornell Maritime Press, 1963.
    • 1963
    • 1 Item
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    Text US 953 MACOff-site
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  • Captain Prescott and the opium smugglers, by Edouard A. Stackpole. With illus. of the Chinese scene and period of 1840-1850, together with famous ship-masters and ships which made history on the China coast.

    • Text
    • Mystic, Conn., Marine Historical Association, 1954.
    • 1954
  • Ship's business, by Captain Myron E. McFarland...

    • Text
    • New York, Cronell maritime press, 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
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    Text TR (McFarland, M. E. Ship's business)Offsite
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  • Captain Prescott and the opium smugglers, by Edouard A. Stackpole. With illus. of the Chinese scene and period of 1840-1850, together with famous ship-masters and ships which made history on the China coast.

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    • Mystic, Conn., Marine Historical Association, 1954.
    • 1954
    • 1 Item
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    Text E182 .M375 no.24-29 (inc.)Off-site
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  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition [electronic resource] : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding / edited under the direction of the G.M. Robeson, by C.H. Davis.

    • Text
    • Washington : G.P.O., 1876.
    • 1876
    • 1 Resource

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    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/MonographsDetailsPage/MonographsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&prodId=NCCO&action=1&activityType=BasicSearch&javax.portlet.action=viewPortletAction&documentId=GALE%7CBGHAEH449565068&dviSelectedPage=1&userGroupName=nypl
  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. Ed. under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, secretary of the navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis ...

    • Text
    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1876.
    • 1876
    • 1 Item
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    Text 1992.923Off-site
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  • Biography of James Lawrence, esq., late a captain in the navy of the United States: together with a collection of the most interesting papers, relative to the action between the Chesapeake and Shannon, and the death of Captain Lawrence, &c., &c. Embellished with a likeness.

    • Text
    • New-Brunswick [N.J.] Printed and published by L. Deare, at Washington's head, 1813.
    • 1813
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KF 1813 (Biography of James Lawrence)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Taking the sea : perilous waters, sunken ships, and the true story of the legendary wrecker captains / by Dennis M. Powers.

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    • New York : AMACOM, c2009.
    • 2009
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK1491 .P69 2009Off-site
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  • Ironclad captains of the Civil War / Myron J. Smith, Jr. ; foreword by Mark F. Jenkins.

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    • Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
    • 2018
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 19-927Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The captain's a woman : tales of a merchant mariner / Deborah Doane Dempsey and Joanne Reckler Foster.

    • Text
    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 98-1967Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Ironclad captains of the Civil War / Myron J. Smith, Jr. ; foreword by Mark F. Jenkins.

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    • Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
    • 2018
    • 1 Item
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    Text E467 .S63 2018Off-site
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  • Far eastern trade routes and cargoes: a New England ship captain's letters, 1850-1856 ...

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    • 1930-1930
    • 1 Item
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    Text 1720.375Off-site
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  • The captain's a woman : tales of a merchant mariner / Deborah Doane Dempsey and Joanne Reckler Foster.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [1998], ©1998.
    • 1998-1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK140.D46 A3 1998Off-site
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  • The captain's a woman : tales of a merchant mariner / Deborah Doane Dempsey and Joanne Reckler Foster.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK140.D46 A3 1998Off-site
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  • The captain's a woman : tales of a merchant mariner / Deborah Doane Dempsey and Joanne Reckler Foster.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text VK140.D46A3 1998Off-site
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  • It's your ship : management techniques from the best damn ship in the navy / Captain D. Michael Abrashoff.

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    • New York, NY : Warner Books, c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
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    Text JBE 03-689Offsite
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  • Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship: from the original manuscripts of Captain Thomas Dring, one of the prisoners. By Albert G. Greene. Ed. by Henry B. Dawson.

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    • Morrisania, N.Y. [Alvord, printer] 1865.
    • 1865
    • 3 Items
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    Text *KF+ 1865 (Dring, T. Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Text NYGB E 281 D78Offsite
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    Text Stuart 5096 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Captains of the privateers of the War of 1812 / John A. McManemin.

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    • Spring Lake, N.J. : Ho-Ho-Kus Pub. Co., c1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text IIH 96-366Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Captains contentious : the dysfunctional sons of the brine / Louis Arthur Norton.

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    • Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2009.
    • 2009
    • 1 Item
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    Text IG 09-7929Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Captains contentious : the dysfunctional sons of the brine / Louis Arthur Norton.

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    • Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2009], ©2009.
    • 2009-2009
    • 1 Item
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    Text E206 .N676 2009Off-site
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  • Leonora (Ship) account book, 1883-1890.

    • Mixed material
    • 1883-1890
    • 1 Item
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    Mixed material MssCol 918Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. Ed. under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, secretary of the navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis ...

    • Text
    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1876.
    • 1876
    • 2 Items

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    Text KBR (United States. Navy Department. Narrative of the North polar expedition)Offsite
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    Text KBR (United States. Navy Department. Narrative of the North polar expedition)Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
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  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. Ed. under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, secretary of the navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis ...

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1876.
    • 1876
    • 1 Item
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    Text 1992.923Off-site
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  • Captains of the privateers during the revolutionary war / John A. McManemin.

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    • Spring Lake, NJ (91 Maple Dr., Spring Lake 07762) : Ho-Ho-Kus Pub. Co., [1985]
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text E271 .M35Off-site
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  • Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship [electronic resource] : taken, and prepared for publication, from the original manuscript of the late Captain Thomas Dring ... one of the prisoners / by Albert G. Greene ...

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    • Providence : H.H. Brown, 1829.
    • 1829
    • 1 Resource

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  • Uttmark's guide to the United States local inspectors examination for masters and mates of ocean going steam and sailing ships, by Captain F. E. Uttmark.

    • Text
    • [New York] The Author, 1919.
    • 1919
    • 1 Item

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    http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010228116
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    Text VXF (Uttmark, F. E. Uttmark's guide to the United States local inspectors examination)Offsite
  • The new book of American ships, by Captain Orton P. Jackson, U. S. N. and Colonel Frank E. Evans, U. S. M. C. With twelve colored plates and four hundred and seventy-two illustrations from photographs.

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    • New York, Frederick A. Stokes company, 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
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    Text VYE (Jackson, O. P. New book of American ships)Offsite
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  • Slave ship Fanny collection, 1800-1801.

    • Mixed material
    • 1800-1801
    • 1 Item
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    Mixed material Sc MG 76Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Captain Blakeley and the Wasp : the cruise of 1814 / Stephen W.H. Duffy.

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    • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text IIH 01-4223Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Captain Bully Hayes : blackbirder and bigamist / Frank Clune.

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    • Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text G537.H3 C55 1997xOff-site
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  • Register of officer personnel, United States Navy and Marine Corps, and ships' data, 1801-1807 / published under the direction of the Honorable James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy ; prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, under the supervision of Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S.N. (Ret.).

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    • Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1945.
    • 1945
    • 1 Resource

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    https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo172651
  • Colonial ships and sailors / by Ralph D. Paine; a paper read before the twenty-fourth general court of the Society of colonial wars in the state of New York on December 20, 1915 [Published] under the authority of the Council by the Committee on publication of historical documents.

    • Text
    • [New Haven, Conn. : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co.], 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
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    Text NYGB HE 745 P34Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Merchant ship officers' duty guide, by Captain J. C. Orrell.

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    • New York, Cornell maritime press, 1944.
    • 1944-1941
  • The ship hailed / by the Rev. G. C. Smith.

    • Text
    • [London] : [Francis Westley], [approximately 1823]
    • 1823
    • 1 Item
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    Text Pforz (Smith, G. C. Tracts)Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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