(Text Page to) The Physical Geography of the Sea. By M.F. Maury, LL, D., U.S.N., Superintendent of the National Observatory. An Entirely New Edition, With Addenda. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1857. (on verso) Entered . in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, by Harper & Brothers . New York.

Maury was one of the first cartographers to study and show winds and currents systematically on charts. The sixth edition, the first being 1855. This was a popular work that went through twelve editions. Maury also made large wind and sea charts of the North Atlantic (15 sheets) and the North Pacifi...

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Main Authors: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, McClelland, D., Pinkney, Butler, J.M.
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Published: Sampson Low, Son & Co 1857
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Summary:Maury was one of the first cartographers to study and show winds and currents systematically on charts. The sixth edition, the first being 1855. This was a popular work that went through twelve editions. Maury also made large wind and sea charts of the North Atlantic (15 sheets) and the North Pacific (10 sheets). cf Schwartz & Ehrenberg p.278; Sabin 46969; Tooley Dictionary.