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to recognise excellence in published books making a major contribution to the study and understanding of maritime and naval history. They are named after Professor John Lyman of the University of North Carolina. The awards are presented in six categories: * Canadian naval and maritime history *

U.S. naval history The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that was notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy" the ...

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maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

* History of maritime science and technology * Maritime biography and autobiography. * Maritime reference works and published primary sources, {, class="wikitable" , - , + U.S. Maritime History , - , Year , Author , Book , - , 1995 , William C. Fleetwood, Jr. , ''Tidecraft: The Boats of South Carolina, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida, 1550 1950'' (WBG Marine Press) , - , 1996 ,

Wayne M. O'Leary Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Anth ...

, ''Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830 1890'' (Northeastern University Press) , - , 1997 ,

W. Jeffrey Bolster W. Jeffrey Bolster is a professor of history at the University of New Hampshire in the United States, and the author of ''The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail'',Bolster, W. Jeffrey. The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age ...

, ''Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail'' (Harvard University Press) , - , 1998 ,

Benjamin W. Labaree Benjamin Woods Labaree (July 21, 1927 – August 30, 2021) was a leading historian of American colonial history and American maritime history. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Early life and education Son of the Yale University professor ...

William M. Fowler, Jr. William Morgan Fowler Jr. (born July 25, 1944) is a professor of history at Northeastern University, Boston and an author. He served as Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society from 1998 through 2005. Early life and education Born in Tar ...

John Hattendorf John Brewster Hattendorf, D.Phil., D.Litt., L.H.D., FRHistS, FSNR, (born December 22, 1941) is an American naval historian. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than fifty books, mainly on British and American maritime ...

Jeffrey J. Safford Jeffrey Jaeger Safford was a professor emeritus of history at Montana State University-Bozeman and prominent proponent of historic preservation in Montana. Early life and education Jeffrey Jaeger Safford was born in Greenwich Village, New Yor ...

Edward W. Sloan Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

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Andrew German , ''America and the Sea: A Maritime History'' (Mystic Seaport Museum) , - , 1999 ,

Charles R. Schultz Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

, ''Forty-Niners 'Round the Horn'' (University of South Carolina Press) , - , 1999 Honorable mention , Alexander Boyd Hawes , ''Off Soundings: Aspects of the Maritime History of Rhode Island'' (Posterity Press) , - , 2000 , Lisa Norling , ''Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery, 1720-1870'' (University of North Carolina Press) , - , 2000 Honorable mention , Ralph Linwood Snow
Douglas K. Lee , ''A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small and the Great Schooners'' (Tilbury House, Publishers and Maine Maritime Museum) , - , 2001 , Nicholas Dean , ''Snow Squall: The Last American Clipper Ship'' (Tilbury House, Publishers and Maine Maritime Museum) , - , 2002 ,

Wade G. Dudley Wade, WADE, or Wades may refer to: Places in the United States * Wade, California, a former settlement * Wade, Maine, a town * Wade, Mississippi, a census-designated place * Wade, North Carolina, a town * Wade, Ohio, an unincorporated communi ...

, ''Splintering the Wooden Wall'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2003 ,

ALex R. Larzelere Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...

, ''The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2004 ,

Paul A. Gilje Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, ''Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution.'' (University of Pennsylvania Press) , - , 2004 Honorable mention ,

James A. McMillan James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

, ''The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810'' (University of South Carolina Press) , - , 2005 ,

Peter L. Bernstein Peter Lewyn Bernstein (January 22, 1919 – June 5, 2009) was an American financial historian, economist and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country's best known authorities in p ...

, ''Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation'', (W. W. Norton & Co.) , - , 2005 Honorable mention ,

Edwin L. Dunbaugh The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (die ...

, ''New England Steamship Company: Long Island Sound Night Boats in the Twentieth Century'' (University Press of Florida) , - , 2006 ,

Joshua M. Smith Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

, ''Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists, and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820'' (University Press of Florida) , - , 2006 Honorable mention ,

Eric Robert Taylor The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

, ''If We Must Die: Shipboard Insurrections in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade'' (Louisiana State University Press) , - , 2007 ,

Eric Jay Dolin Eric Jay Dolin (born 1961) is an American author who writes history books, which often focus on maritime topics, wildlife, and the environment. He has published fourteen books, which have won numerous awards. Education Dolin grew up near the coa ...

, ''Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America'' (New York: W.W. Norton and Company) , - , 2007 ,

Donald G. Shomette Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

, ''Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters along the Delmarva Coast, 1632-2004'' (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 2008 , William E. Lass , ''Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature's Highway, 1819-1935.'' (Norman, Okla.: Arthur H. Clark Co.) , - , 2008 ,

Frances F. Dunwell Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the F ...

, ''The Hudson: America's River.'' (New York: Columbia University Press) , - , 2009 , John R. Bockstoce , ''Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade'' , - , 2010 , , William S. Dudley , , ''Maritime Maryland: A History'' , - , 2011 , , William Michael Morgan , , ''Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawai'i, 1885-1898'' (ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy) , - , 2012 , ,

, , ''The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail'' , - , 2012 Honorable Mention , , James P. Delgado , , ''Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns and Pearls'' , - , 2013 , David Igler , ''The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). , - , 2013 Honorable mention , Jennifer Schell , ''A Bold and Hardy Race of Men”: The Lives and Literature of American Whalemen'' (University of Massachusetts Press) , - , 2013 Honorable mention , Denver Brunsman , ''The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic'' {University of Virginia Press) , - , 2014 , Brian Rouleau , ''With Sails Whitening Every Sea: Mariners and the Making of an American Maritime Empire'' , - , 2014 Honorable mention , Catherine Cangany , ''Frontier Seaport: Detroit's Transformation into an Atlantic Entrepôt'' , - , 2014 Honorable mention , Dane A. Morrison , ''True Yankees: The South Seas & The Discovery of American Identity'' , - , 2015 , Faye M. Kert , ''Privateering: Patriots & Profits in the War of 1812'' (The Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 2015 Honorable mention , Mark G. Hanna , ''Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire,1570-1740 '' (University of North Carolina Press) , - , 2015 Honorable mention , Joshua L. Reid , ''The Sea is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs'' (Yale University Press) , - , 2016 , Donald Grady Shomette , ''Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775-1783'' (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) , - , 2016 Honorable Mention , Lee Van Der Voo , ''The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate'' (St. Martin's Press). , - , 2017 ,

S. Max Edelson S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer (historian), Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s ...

, ''The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America Before Independence'' (Harvard University Press) , - , 2017 Honorable Mention , William M. Fowler, Jr. , ''Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic'' (Bloomsbury Publishing) , - , 2017 Honorable Mention , Robert P. Watson , ''The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution'' (Da Capo Press) , - , 2018 , Matthew R. Bahar , ''Storm of the Sea: Indians & Empires in the Atlantic's Age of Sail'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press). , - , 2018 Honorable Mention , Matthew McKenzie , ''Breaking the Banks: Representations and Realities in New England Fisheries, 1866-1966'' (University of Massachusetts Press). , - , 2019 , Nancy Shoemaker , ''Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles: American in Nineteenth-Century Fiji'' (Cornell University Press). , - , 2019 Honorable Mention , James M. Lindgren , ''Preserving Maritime America: A Cultural History of the Nation's Great Maritime Museums'' (University of Massachusetts Press). , - , 2020 , Jamin Wells , ''Shipwrecked: Coastal Disasters and the Making of the American Beach'' (University of North Carolina Press). , - , 2020 Honorable Mention , Colin J. Davis , ''Contested and Dangerous Seas: North Atlantic Fishermen, Their Wives, Unions, and the Politics of Exclusion'' (University of Massachusetts Press). {, class="wikitable" , - , + Maritime Biography and Autobiography , - , Year , Author , Book , - , 1996 , Robert Schneller , ''A Quest for Glory: A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 1997 , Catherine Petroski , ''A Bride's Passage: Susan Hathorn's Year Under Sail'' (Northeastern University Press) , - , 1998 ,

W. Gillies Ross W. may refer to: * SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel * ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush * "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...

, ''This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-58'' (McGill-Queen's University Press) , - , 1999 , Craig Symonds , ''Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2000 ,

Spencer Tucker Spencer Jacob Tucker was born 1865 in Christchurch and died 8 July 1948 in Wellington. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Wellington Firebirds in the 1890s. He was the brother of William Tucker and Kinder Tucker Kinder Houg ...

, ''Andrew Foote: Civil War Admiral on Western Waters'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2001 , John H. Schroeder , ''Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2003 , Thomas Wildenberg , ''All the Factors of Victory: Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves and the Origins of Carrier Airpower'' (Brassey's) , - , 2004 , Kathleen Broome Williams , ''Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2005 , Clark G. Reynolds , ''On the Warpath in the Pacific: Admiral Jocko Clark and the Fast Carriers'', (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2006 ,

Mary Malloy Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also cal ...

, ''Devil on the Deep Blue Sea: The Notorious Career of Captain Samuel Hill of Boston'' (Bullbrier Press) , - , 2006 , David Curtis Skaggs , ''Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2006 Honorable mention , John H. Schroeder , ''Commodore John Rodgers: Paragon of the Early American Navy'' (University Press of Florida) , - , 2007 ,

Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox (27 March 1627 – 28 October 1716) of Farley in Wiltshire, of Redlynch Park in Somerset, of Chiswick, Middlesex and of Whitehall, was a royal administrator and courtier to King Charles II, and a politician, who rose from ...

, ''Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama'' (New York: Alfred Knopf) , - , 2008 ,

David Hackett Fischer David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University. Fischer's major works have covered topics ranging from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (''Albion's Seed,'' ''The Great Wave'' ...

, ''Champlain's Dream: The Visionary Adventurer Who Made a New World in Canada.'' (New York: Simon and Schuster) , - , 2011 , Elliot Carlson , ''Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway '' , - , 2012 Honorable Mention , Larry Berman , ''Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr.'' , - , 2013 Honorable Mention , Geoffrey L. Rossano (ed.) , ''Hero of the Angry Sky: The World War I Diary and Letters of David S. Ingalls, America’s First Naval Ace'' , - , 2014 , Lloyd J. Matthews , ''General Henry Lockwood of Delaware: Shipmate of Melville, Co-builder of the Naval Academy, Civil War Commander'' , - , 2015 , Dennis L. Noble , ''The Sailor’s Homer: The Life and Times of Richard McKenna, Author of The Sand Pebbles'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2016 , Tamara Plakins Thornton , ''Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers: How a Nineteenth-Century Man of Business, Science, and the Sea Changed American Life'' (University of North Carolina Press) , - , 2017 , Sheila Johnson Kindred , ''Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen'' (McGill-Queen's University Press) , - , 2017 Honorable mention , Stan Grayson , ''A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World'' (Tilbury House Publishers/New Bedford Whaling Museum) , - , 2019 , Anthony J. Connors , ''Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade'' (University of Massachusetts Press) , - , 2019 Honorable mention , Phillips Payson O’Brien , ''The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff'' (Dutton) , - , 2020 , Brett Goodin , ''From Captives to Consuls: Three Sailors in Barbary and Their Self-Making Across the Early American Republic, 1770-1840'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) {, class="wikitable" , - , + Maritime Science and Technology , - , Year , Author , Book , - , 1995 , Harold D. Langley , ''History of Medicine in the Early U.S. Navy'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 1997 ,

Thomas R. Heinrich Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

, ''Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 2001 ,

Gary E. Weir Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran *Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Unit ...

, ''An Ocean in Common: American Naval Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean Environment'' (Texas A&M University Press) , - , 2002 , Steven J. Dick , ''Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000'' (Cambridge University Press) , - , 2002 ,

William H. Roberts William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

, ''Civil War Ironclads'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 2004 Honorable mention , Marc Levinson , '' The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'' (Princeton University Press) , - , 2005 ,

Helen M. Rozwadowski Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, G ...

, ''Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea'', (Belknap/Harvard University Press) , - , 2006 ,

Anthony Newpower Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Ant ...

, ''Iron Men and Tin Fish: Race to Build a Better Torpedo during World War II'' (Praeger) , - , 2007 ,

Larrie D. Ferreiro Larrie D. Ferreiro is a naval architect and historian. Early life He was born and raised on Long Island, New York, United States. His great-grandfather was an immigrant from Galicia, Spain. Career He completed his Ph.D at Imperial College Lon ...

, ''Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800'' (Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press) , - , 2008 , , Gary Kroll , , ''America's Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration.'' (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas) , - , 2008 Honorable mention , ,

Russell A. Potter Russell A. Potter (born 1960) is an American writer and college professor, and guitarist. His work encompasses hip hop culture, popular music, and the history of British exploration of the Arctic in the nineteenth century, as well as the mater ...

, , ''Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-1875.'' (Seattle: University of Washington Press) , - , 2009 , ,

Eric L. Mills The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

, , ''The Fluid Envelope of our Planet: How the Study of Ocean Currents Became a Science'' , - , 2010 , , Susan Casey , , ''The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean'' , - , 2011 , , Stephen J. Hornsby , , ''Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of the Atlantic Neptune'' (Carleton Library) , - , 2012 , , Lissa K. Wadewitz , , ''The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea'' , - , 2013 , , Kurkpatrick Dorsey , , ''Whales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas'' (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013) , - , 2014 , Norman Friedman , ''Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics and Technology'' , - , 2014 Honorable mention , , John Maxtone-Graham , , ''SS United States: Red, White, & Blue Riband'' , - , 2014 Honorable mention , , Michael A. Osborne , , ''The Emergence of Tropical Medicine in France'' , - , 2015 , Wendy van Duivenvoorde , ''Dutch East India Company Shipbuilding: The Archaeological Study of Batavia and Other Seventeenth-Century VOC Ships'' (Texas A&M University Press) , - , 2016 ,

Jennifer Hubbard Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to: People *Jennifer (given name) * Jenifer (singer), French pop singer * Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer * Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer * Daniel Jenifer Film and televi ...

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David J. Wildish,
& Robert L. Stephenson , ''A Century of Maritime Science: The St. Andrews Biological Station'' (University of Toronto Press) , - , 2016 Honorable Mention , William Barr, tr. & ed. , ''Emil Bessels’ Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition 1871-1873'' (University of Calgary Press) , - , 2017 , Charles W. J. Withers , ''Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridien'' (Harvard University Press) , - , 2017 Honorable Mention , Peter Wadhams , ''A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic'' (Oxford University Press) , - , 2018 , Jason W. Smith , ''To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire'' (University of North Carolina Press) , - , 2018 Honorable Mention , Roger C. Smith (ed.) , ''Florida's Lost Galleon: The Emanuel Point Shipwreck'' (University Press of Florida) , - , 2019 ,

Margaret E. Schotte Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...

, ''Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1500-1800'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) , - , 2019 Honorable Mention , Richard J. King , ''Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of “Moby-Dick”'' (University of Chicago Press) , - , 2020 , Larrie Ferreiro , ''Bridging the Seas: The Rise of Naval Architecture in the Industrial Age, 1800-2000'' (The MIT Press) {, class="wikitable" , - , + Primary Source Materials, Reference Works, and Guide Books , - , Year , Author , Book , - , 1995 , Craig L. Symonds , ''The Naval Institute's Historical Atlas of U.S. Navy'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 1996 , Michael J. Crawford,
Editor , ''The Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 10'' (Naval Historical Center) , - , 1997 , Briton C. Busch
Barry M. Gough,
Editor , ''Fur Traders from New England: The Boston Men in the North Pacific, 1787-1800'' (The Arthur H. Clark Company) , - , 1998 , Robert Randolph Carter

Harold B. Gill, Jr. Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts ...

Joanne Young , ''Searching for the Franklin Expedition: The Arctic Journal of Robert Randolph Carter'', (Naval Institute Press) , - , 1999 , Robert J. Cressman , ''The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2000 , David Freeman , ''Canadian Warship Names'' (Vanwell Publishing Ltd.) , - , 2002 , Michael J. Crawford,
Editor , ''The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, vol. 3'' (Naval Historical Center) , - , 2003 ,

C. Herbert Gilliland C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

, ''Voyage to a Thousand Cares: Master's Mate Lawrence with the African Squadron, 1844-1846'' (Naval Institute Press) , - , 2004 , W.H. Bunting , ''Sea Struck'' (Martha's Vineyard Historical Society) , - , 2006 , Ralph Sessions , ''The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads and Cigar-Store Indians in Nineteenth-Century America'' (Princeton University Press) , - , 2006 Honorable mention ,

C. Danial Elliott C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

Everett C. Wilkie, Jr. Everett may refer to: Places Canada * Everett, Ontario, a community in Adjala–Tosorontio, Simcoe County * Everett Mountains, a range on southern Baffin Island in Nunavut United States * Everett, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, Massach ...

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Richard Ring , ''Maritime History: A Hand-list of the Collection in the John Carter Brown Library'' (1474 to ca.1860) (The John Carter Brown Library) , - , 2007 , John B. Hattendorf,
Editor in Chief , ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History'' (New York: Oxford University Press) , - , 2007 Honorable mention , Deidre Simmons , ''Keepers of the Record: The History of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives'' (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press) , - , 2008 ,

George J. Billy George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

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Christine M. Billy , ''Merchant Mariners at War: An Oral History of World War II.'' (Gainesville: University Press of Florida) , - , 2008 Honorable mention , Robert Eric Barde , ''Immigration at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion, and Angel Island.'' (Westport, Conn.: Praeger) , - , 2009 , Yonah Alexander , ''Terror on the High Seas: From Piracy to Strategic Challenge'' , - , 2011 , Gordon Miller , ''Voyages: To the New World and Beyond'' , - , 2012 , Jonathan C. Kinghorn , ''The Atlantic Transport Line, 1881-1931: A History With Details on All Ships'' , - , 2012 Honorable mention , John D. Broadwater , ''USS Monitor: A Historic Ship Completes its Final Voyage'' , - , 2013 Honorable mention , John A. Wolter,
David A. Ranzan, and
John J. McDonough, eds. , ''With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden Jr., 1852-1855'' (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2013) , - , 2014 , Nancy Shoemaker (ed.) , ''Living With Whales: Documents and Oral Histories of Native New England Whaling History'' , - , 2015 , Mark L. Evans
Roy A. Grossnick , ''United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 '' (Naval History & Heritage Command) , - , 2016 , Rebecca Huycke Ellison , ''Daniel O.Killman’s Forty Years Master: A Life in Sail & Steam'' (McFarland Publishing) , - , 2016 Honorable Mention , Jun Kimura , ''Archaeology of East Asian Shipbuilding'' (University Press of Florida) , - , 2017 Honorable Mention , Alicia Caporaso (ed.) , ''Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes'' (Society for Historical Archaeology/Springer Publishing Company) , - , 2018 Honorable Mention , Anna Gibson Holloway
Jonathan W. White , ''"Our Little Monitor": The Greatest Invention of the Civil War'' (Kent State University Press) , - , 2019 , Ken W. Sayers , ''U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today'' (McFarland Publishing)

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