Tracks in the sea : Matthew Fontaine Maury and the mapping of the oceans / Chester G. Hearn
- Bib ID:
- 1000236
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- Author:
- Hearn, Chester G
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- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2002
- ix, 278 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0071368264
- 0071427902 (paperback)
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- Introduction
- Chapter One The Trackless Seas
- Chapter Two The Lure of the Sea
- Chapter Three The Education of a Sailor
- Chapter Four A Thirst for Knowledge Unheeded
- Chapter Five Setting the Navy Straight
- Chapter Six Tracking the Winds and Currents
- Chapter Seven Sailors and Whalers
- Chapter Eight The California Clippers
- Chapter Nine Disasters and Discoveries
- Chapter Ten Organizing the Nations
- Chapter Eleven The "Indefatigable Investigator"
- Chapter Twelve Maury's Charts Go to War
- Chapter Thirteen Loaves and Fishes
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-273) and index.
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