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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873.
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Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. |
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Oceanographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Oceanographers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Oceanography -- History.
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History. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. |
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Oceanography. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology. |
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: 9780786478217 0786478217 (DLC) 2014044930 |
| ISBN |
1476618089 (electronic book) |
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9781476618081 (electronic book) |
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9780786478217 (softcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0786478217 (softcover ; alkaline paper) |
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