First Anglo-Dutch War Bibliography for English-speakers

For someone interested in knowing about the First Anglo-Dutch War, the best published source in English is the Navy Record Society publication The First Dutch War. This book seems to be pretty widely available in university libraries in the US. Another useful source is Vol.II of The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present. This was written almost contemporaneously with the early volumes of The First Dutch War.

The First Dutch War is the only source, really, for Dutch fleet lists, giving some ship names, the names of captains, the guns and crew numbers for many of the ships. Vreugdenhil’s Ships of the United Netherlands 1648-1702 is also helpful, although it has mistakes and many omissions. Vreugdenhil relied too much on Dr. Ballhausen’s book (in German) Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654. While the lists in Ballhausen’s book don’t require knowledge of German, they have many errors. Still, much of what is there is useful and correct. R. C. Anderson called Dr. Ballhausen’s account of the First Anglo-Dutch War in the Mediterranean Sea the best available source.

For general information about the First Anglo-Dutch War, there are a number of useful sources, although you need to check the information, generally. The sections in Peter Padfield’s book The Tide of Empires has maps and decent descriptions. His newer book might be worth checking. Michael Baumber’s book General-at-Sea, about Robert Blake, also has maps and includes narratives about the war. Granville Penn’s book is now online at Google Book Search, as are the first three volumes of The First Dutch War. This is at least an obvious list of sources from which to start. I would recommend looking at these publications and their sources, and branch out from there.

References:

1. R. C. Anderson, "English Fleet-Lists in the First Dutch War," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.XXIV No.4, October 1938
2. R. C. Anderson, "The First Dutch War in the Mediterranean," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.49, No.4, November 1963
3. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910
4. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912
5. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930
6. Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
7. Michael Baumber, General-at-Sea, 1989
8. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898
9. Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.I, 1898
10. Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900
11. Dr. S. R. Gardiner, and C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.III, 1906
12. Roger Hainsworth and Christine Churches, The Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652-1674, 1998
13. Granville Penn, Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn, 1833
14. J. R. Powell, Ed., The Letters of Robert Blake, 1937