Title: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography
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"--
Subjects: Oceanographers, Oceanography, Biography, History, Maury, matthew fontaine, 1806-1873
Places: United States
People: Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873)