A is for ADM
Chart of the Pacific showing French, German, Spanish & British occupancies.This map of the Pacific Islands shows French, British, German and Spanish occupancy in the Pacific. It was lithographed from a British Admiralty map of 1884. French territories are shown in blue. From Archives New Zealand on Flickr A is for ADM. Welcome to the first of my posts for the A-Z Challenge. I am a family historian/librarian and my chosen theme for this month is all things Navy! My goal is to feature posts on everything from ships to archival records, from job descriptions to places associated with the Navy. I am based in Australia but my heritage lies in the UK so when I say Navy, I will be referring to the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy to a large extent. Please forgive my parochialism/ethnocentricity. ADM is an acronym or abbreviation for Admiralty used with The National Archives series of records. Records within t...