Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography
a biography, 1806-1873
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Word Count
88,500 words, Guess
Page Count
354 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100786478217
- ISBN-139780786478217
- Library of Congress Control Number2014044930
- OCLC Control Number882191722
- Better World Books9780786478217
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27188728M
Classifications
- DDC551.46092
- DDCB
- LCCGC30.M4 G73 2015
and 1 more
- LCCGC30.M4G73 2014
Description
"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 with the laying of the transatlantic cable, forcefully advocated Southern rights, preached Manifest Destiny and revolutionized warfare in perfecting electronically detonated mines"--
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