Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography : a biography, 1806/1873 / John Grady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grady, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873.

Maury, Matthew Fontaine.

Oceanographers--United States--Biography.

Oceanographers.

Oceanography--History.

Oceanography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In becoming ""a useful man"" on the maritime stage, Matthew Fontaine Maury focused light on the ills of a clique-ridden Navy, charted sea lanes and bested Great Britain's admiralty in securing the fastest, safest routes to India and Australia. He helped bind the Old and New worlds with the laying of the transatlantic cable, forcefully advocated Southern rights in a troubled union, and preached Manifest Destiny from the Arctic to Cape Horn. Late in life, he revolutionized warfare in perfecting electronically detonated mines. Maury's eagerness to go to the public in person and in print on the qu

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Prologue: The Last Crusade ""; ""1. God�s Wandering Children ""; ""2. Becoming a Useful Man ""; ""3. Citizen of Virginia ""; ""4. Lessons for a Lifetime ""; ""5. The Siren�s Song ""; ""6. The Ever-Changing Sea of Life""; ""7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco ""

""8. Survival Ashore """"9. In Washington in a Scientific Post ""; ""10. The Navy and the Observatory ""; ""11. A Most Uncivil War ""; ""12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold ""; ""13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny ""; ""14. Gauging the Politics of Weather ""; ""15. Some Fair Winds ""

""16. The Great Enterprise """"17. Shipwreck and Salvation ""; ""18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlam ""; ""vii 19. The Heady First Spring of War ""; ""20. At War with the Cotton Kings ""; ""21. The Confederate European Crusade ""; ""22. Winning Hearts and Minds ""; ""23. The Long Exile ""

""24. At Peace in the Ruins of War """"Chapter Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1808-9

OCLC:

899148732