Tracks in the Sea Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans

Name: Tracks in the Sea Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans
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ISBN: 9780071368261

ISBN-10: 0071368264

ISBN-13: 9780071368261

Edition: 2002

Authors: Chester G. Hearn

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Tracks In The Sea uses Matthew Fontaine Maury's career as a window on the maritime history of the 19th century. In these pages we meet presidents, congressmen, military leaders, scientists, explorers and merchants.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 6/28/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Chester G. Hearn is an American military veteran and historian. He is the author of more than twenty books including Six Year's of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War and George Washington's Schooner's: The First American Navy. Three of his books have been History Book Club selections. A graduate of Alleghany College, he lives in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Trackless Seas	p. 5
The Lure of the Sea	p. 23
The Education of a Sailor	p. 37
A Thirst for Knowledge Unheeded	p. 61
Setting the Navy Straight	p. 81
Tracking the Winds and Currents	p. 95
Sailors and Whalers	p. 123
The California Clippers	p. 133
Disasters and Discoveries	p. 159
Organizing the Nations	p. 177
The "Indefatigable Investigator"	p. 193
Maury's Charts Go to War	p. 219
Loaves and Fishes	p. 239
Notes	p. 249
Index	p. 273
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