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Chester G. Hearn, Chester Hearn
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| #1674955 in Books | Chester G Hearn | 2003-08-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.70 x.82 x5.70l,.89 | File type: PDF | 288 pages | ISBN13: 9780071427906 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful|By Michael E. Fitzgerald|In the days before computers there was Matthew Fontaine Maury. Almost unknown today, Maury was a navigation and sailing genius, a Lieutenant in the US Navy, who was the father of modern navigation and ocean science. He was a land lubber.
During the age of sail longitude was an uncertain calculation. As a result, it was often impossi|From the Back Cover||The Remarkable Story of a Seafaring Scientist |Tracks in the Sea captures a rich yet little-known chapter in the history of seafaring--the mapping of the oceans by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the father of modern navigation and oce
Navigation at sea was a matter of guesswork until well into the 19th century. Changing that became the obsession of Matthew Fontaine Maury. While others built railroads, Maury mapped highways of wind and current over the seas. Hearn uses Maury's career as a window on America's maritime development in the 19th century, including the clipper-ship era of the 1850s, the rise of steam and steel, and the Civil War.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Tracks in the Sea : Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans | Chester G. Hearn, Chester Hearn. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
