Matthew Fontaine Maury
by Charles Lee Lewis
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lewis, Charles Lee, 1886-1951
- Title
- Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Brian Wilson, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Oceanography
- Subject
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 65071
- Release Date
- April 13, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY THE PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS
- 2.FOREWORD
- 3.PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.CHAPTER I His Early Years
- 8.CHAPTER II His Three Cruises
- 9.CHAPTER III He Resorts to the Pen
- 10.CHAPTER IV His Astronomical Work
- 11.CHAPTER V His Wind and Current Charts
- 12.CHAPTER VI His Physical Geography of the Sea
- 13.CHAPTER VII His Extra-Professional Interests
- 14.CHAPTER VIII His Treatment by the “Retiring Board”
- 15.CHAPTER IX Shadows of Coming Troubles
- 16.CHAPTER X As His Friends and Family Knew Him Before the War
- 17.CHAPTER XI His Part in the Civil War: In Virginia
- 18.CHAPTER XII His Part in the Civil War: In England
- 19.CHAPTER XIII With Maximilian in Mexico
- 20.CHAPTER XIV Reunited with His Family in England
- 21.CHAPTER XV His Last Years in Virginia
- 22.CHAPTER XVI His Posthumous Reputation
- 23.LIST OF LETTERS
- 24.INDEX
- 25.PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
- 26.PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
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