Mau·ry  (môr'ē)  American naval officer and oceanographer who charted the currents and winds of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and wrote the pioneering Physical Geography of the Sea (1855). |
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American naval officer and oceanographer who charted the currents and winds of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and wrote the pioneering book Physical Geography of the Sea (1855). |
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
U.S. naval officer, pioneer hydrographer, and one of the founders of oceanography.
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