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Tracks in the sea : Matthew Fontaine Maury and the mapping of the oceans / Chester G. Hearn.
LIBRA GC30.M4 H43 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hearn, Chester G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873.
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine.
- Oceanographers--United States--Biography.
- Oceanographers.
- Oceanography--History.
- Oceanography.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, [2002]
- Summary:
- Maritime navigation remained largely a matter of guesswork until the mid-19th century. Changing that became the lifelong obsession of the brilliant, irascible geographer Matthew Fontaine Maury, whose career both aided and mirrored America's rise as a maritime power. 50 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Trackless Seas 5
- Chapter 2 The Lure of the Sea 23
- Chapter 3 The Education of a Sailor 37
- Chapter 4 A Thirst for Knowledge Unheeded 61
- Chapter 5 Setting the Navy Straight 81
- Chapter 6 Tracking the Winds and Currents 95
- Chapter 7 Sailors and Whalers 123
- Chapter 8 The California Clippers 133
- Chapter 9 Disasters and Discoveries 159
- Chapter 10 Organizing the Nations 177
- Chapter 11 The "Indefatigable Investigator" 193
- Chapter 12 Maury's Charts Go to War 219
- Chapter 13 Loaves and Fishes 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0071368264
- OCLC:
- 49727737
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