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Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography

Author : John Grady
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618089
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography written by John Grady and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In becoming "a useful man" on the maritime stage, Matthew Fontaine Maury focused 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. And he revolutionized warfare in perfecting electronically detonated mines. Maury's eagerness to go to the public on the questions of the day riled powerful men in business and politics, and the U.S., Confederate and Royal navies. He more than once ran afoul of Jefferson Davis and Stephen R. Mallory, secretary of the Confederate States Navy. But through the political, social and scientific struggles of his time, Maury had his share of powerful allies, like President John Tyler.

Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas

Author : Charles Lee Lewis
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas written by Charles Lee Lewis and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, educator, and naval officer for the United States and then the Confederacy. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology."

Tracks in the Sea

Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : International Marine Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Tracks in the Sea written by Chester G. Hearn and published by International Marine Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Physical Geography of the Sea

Author : Matthew Fontaine Maury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Physical Geography of the Sea written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology

Author : Matthew Fontaine Maury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ocean Commotion: Caught in the Currents

Author : Janeen Mason
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781589808621
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Ocean Commotion: Caught in the Currents written by Janeen Mason and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 29,000 bathtub toys make history. It was an accident at sea in 1992 that proved the ocean currents are connected. When a cargo ship dropped a bathtub-toy-filled container into the Pacific, the little quackers bobbed along the globe's waterways, coming to rest on beaches near and far. This fictionalized account of the event is accompanied by maps charting the toys' travel pattern, a glossary, and a summary of the highly publicized event.

A Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury

Author : Diana Fontaine Corbin
Publisher : Charles Press
ISBN 13 : 1444662260
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book A Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury written by Diana Fontaine Corbin and published by Charles Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Fontaine Maury has been nicknamed the "pathfinder of the seas" and the "father of modern oceanography." This is a detailed biography of the man who created a science. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts

Author : Matthew Fontaine Maury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.K/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Herndon Climb

Author : James McNeal
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682475522
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book The Herndon Climb written by James McNeal and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Herndon Climb is an important and meaningful ritual in Naval Academy culture. Scaling the heavily greased, 21-foot tall Herndon Monument as a group at the very end of the year for "plebes," or freshmen, the Climb marks a major turning point in the lives of all Midshipmen, who are relieved of their low status at the moment they complete the task. The book is culled from interviews with more than fifty subjects, including participants in Climbs over the past six decades, with personal observations from the 2019 and 2018 events. Co-author James McNeal recalls the joyful pride of participating in the Climb as a plebe in 1983, and his experience helps bring vivid detail to the memories and reflections of his fellow Midshipmen. The book also includes a discussion of the career of William Lewis Herndon, whose heroic sacrifice at sea inspired the monument, and also traces the history and development of the modern Climb to its roots in the earliest plebe celebrations.

American Practical Navigator

Author : Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trail Blazer of the Seas

Author : Jean Lee Latham
Publisher : Purple House Press
ISBN 13 : 9781948959438
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Trail Blazer of the Seas written by Jean Lee Latham and published by Purple House Press. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, Jean Lee Latham writes an absorbing biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the man considered to be the father of modern oceanography. In the early 1800s, the voyage from New York to San Francisco took six months. That was before Maury, a lieutenant in the US Navy, blazed a trail for ships to follow. The first ship to follow Maury's directions based on his wind and current charts cut nearly two months off that time. Later, clipper ships cut that time in half. For seven years Maury had fought against skepticism and bitter opposition, for the cooperation needed to gather data for his charts. Years later, at a worldwide peacetime conference in Brussels, which he organized in 1853, nine-tenths of the world's ships were helping Maury collect data and blaze more trails. After the success of his charts, Maury blazed on with more new ideas: he campaigned for a Naval Academy, for better fortification of our southern ports, and separate shipping lanes for eastbound and westbound routes in the Atlantic to avoid deadly collisions. Jean Lee Latham gives a warm, lively picture of the man and a clear explanation of all his achievements. Victor Mays' drawings are both powerful and authentic. There is no discussion of slavery in this biography.

Recollections of a Rebel Reefer

Author : James Morris Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Rebel Reefer written by James Morris Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon

Author : William Lewis Herndon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon written by William Lewis Herndon and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lost Cause

Author : Andrew F. Rolle
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806119618
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Cause written by Andrew F. Rolle and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the heartbreak, confusion, and rumors that followed Appomattox, some Southerners resolved to emigrate rather than surrender, and emigrate they did-to South America, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Mexico's Emperor Maximilian, trying to secure his shaky throne against Juarez' opposition, encouraged these recalcitrant Confederates to settle in Mexico. But, doomed to defeat by the internal crisis in Mexico and by the Southerners' failure to face reality, the Confederate colonies were established and destroyed within two years' time. Later, many of the colonists who survived the ordeal tried to forget that they had ever gone into exile. Among the emigrants were many prominent Southern leaders, barred from holding public office and, in some cases, facing possible arrest: General Jo Shelby, the hero of the Confederacy, who later became so reconciled to the victory of the North that he voted for a Republican; Commodore Matthew Maury, internationally recognized oceanographer and naval astronomer, who was welcomed to Mexico by Maximilian himself; Henry Watkins Allen, "the single great administrator produced by the Confederacy," who founded the English language Mexican Times; and Thomas Caute Reynolds, former lieutenant governor of Missouri, who encouraged Maximilian to stay in Mexico but who himself left. In all there may have been between eight and ten thousand Confederates in Mexico. The exodus, exile, and repatriation of the Confederates constitute a hitherto incompletely known incident in American history. In this fully documented account, Andrew F. Rolle reveals the hope, humor, disappointment, and defeat of Americans who believed that the only way to save their way of life was to leave their homeland.

Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars

Author : Dabney Herndon Maury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars written by Dabney Herndon Maury and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life and Letters of Matthew Fontaine Maury

Author : Jaquelin Ambler Caskie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life and Letters of Matthew Fontaine Maury written by Jaquelin Ambler Caskie and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire

Author : Felix Driver
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226164705
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire written by Felix Driver and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geographical imagination. Caught between the demands of experience and representation, documentation and fantasy, travelers in the tropics have often treated tropical nature as a foil to the temperate, to all that is civilized, modest, and enlightened. Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire explores images of the tropical world—maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts—produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities, this volume contains eleven beautifully illustrated essays—arranged in three sections devoted to voyages, mappings, and sites—that consider the ways that tropical places were encountered, experienced, and represented in visual form. Covering a wide range of tropical sites in the Pacific, South Asia, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, the book will appeal to a broad readership: scholars of postcolonial studies, art history, literature, imperial history, history of science, geography, and anthropology.