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Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography : a biography, 1806/1873 /
"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, preac...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue: The Last Crusade; 1. God's Wandering Children; 2. Becoming a Useful Man; 3. Citizen of Virginia; 4. Lessons for a Lifetime; 5. The Siren's Song; 6. The Ever-Changing Sea of Life; 7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco; 8. Survival Ashore; 9. In Washington in a Scientific Post; 10. The Navy and the Observatory; 11. A Most Uncivil War; 12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold; 13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny; 14. Gauging the Politics of Weather; 15. Some Fair Winds; 16. The Great Enterprise; 17. Shipwreck and Salvation. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlamvii 19. The Heady First Spring of War; 20. At War with the Cotton Kings; 21. The Confederate European Crusade; 22. Winning Hearts and Minds; 23. The Long Exile; 24. At Peace in the Ruins of War; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
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