Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography
Subtitle: a biography, 1806-1873
By: John Grady
Publisher: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780786478217
Subjects: Oceanographers; Oceanography; Biography; History
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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.