Matthew Fontaine Maury Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
The commemorative medal depicts a bust image of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of the founders of oceanography, on its obverse. The reverse depicts and image of a blue whale diving into the ocean. To the whale's proper right, a man is shown walking on the bow of a ship and an octopus dives at its...
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Scholars Junction
2021
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/1815 https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2814&context=fvw-artifacts |
| Summary: | The commemorative medal depicts a bust image of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of the founders of oceanography, on its obverse. The reverse depicts and image of a blue whale diving into the ocean. To the whale's proper right, a man is shown walking on the bow of a ship and an octopus dives at its side. To its proper left, two divers and a school of fish swim underwater. A second ship is shown in the background. https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/2814/thumbnail.jpg |
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