The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology In short. The author desires here to state to the friends and students of this beautiful and elevating science, that it is pro greesive - that occupying with regard to it somewhat the relation of a pioneer, his object has been, is, and shall be. Mm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
















Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas


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Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, educator, and naval officer for the United States and then the Confederacy. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology."













A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1850s in America


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Provides a thorough record of this particularly fruitful and eventful period in American history.