It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by MARC Bot
September 30, 2020 | History
Edit

Matthew Fontaine Maury

We need a photo of Matthew Fontaine Maury

United States Navy officer

Born 1806
Died 1873

76 works Add another?

  • Cover of: Instruction nautiques destinées à accompagner les cartes de ventes et de courants par M. F. Maury directeur de l'observatoire de Washington.

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Letter on the physical geography of the Nicaraguan railway route

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Lieut. Maury's investigations of the winds and currents of the sea.: (From the appendix to the Washington astronomical observations for 1846.)

    First published in 1851 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Map-drawing, from Maury's revised Manual of geography: also, Diagrams for drawing the whole earth

    First published in 1881 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Maury-Simonds physical geography.
    Preview

    First published in 1908 — 1 edition
    Read

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: new theoretical and practical treatise on navigation: in which the auxiliary branches of mathematics and astronomy, comprised of algebra, geometry ... variation of the compass, etc., are treated of. Also the theory and most simple methods of finding time, latitude, and longitude ... Together with a new and easy plan for finding diff. lat., dep., course, and distance.

    First published in 1836 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: On the probable relation between magnetism and the circulation of the atmosphere.

    First published in 1851 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Paper on the Gulf Stream and currents of the sea

    First published in 1844 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The petition of M. F. Maury to the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology (The John Harvard Library)

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Sailing directions from sea to Sandy Hook.

    First published in 1855 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The southeast trade-winds of the Atlantic.: Observatory, Washington.

    First published in 1861 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Wind and current charts: Gales in the Atlantic.

    First published in 1857 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The winds at sea: their mean direction and annual average duration from each of the four quarters.

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The world we live in: [Intermediate]

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Maury-Simonds physical geography
    Preview

    First published in 1908 — 1 edition
    Read

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Physical Survey of Virginia: her geographical position; its commercial advantages and national ...
    Preview

    First published in 1868 — 1 edition
    Read

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of the University of Virginia, on the 28th June ...
    Preview

    First published in 1855 — 1 edition
    Read

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: The Amazon, and the Atlantic slopes of South America: a series of letters published in the "National Intelligencer" and Union newspapers, under the signature of 'Inca' & Rev. and corrected by the author.

    First published in 1853 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Elementary Geography: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Classes
    Preview

    First published in 1899 — 1 edition
    Read

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

We need a photo of Matthew Fontaine Maury

United States Navy officer

Born 1806
Died 1873

Subjects

Oceanography, Marine meteorology, Geography, Physical geography, Textbooks, Ocean, Winds, Description and travel, Navigation, Ocean currents, Agriculture, Commerce, Economic conditions, History, Inland navigation, Pilot guides, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Commercial policy, Congresses, Observations, Planets, Safety measures, Tables, United States Naval Astronomical Expedition (1849-1852), United States. Navy

Places

United States, Amazon River, South America, Virginia, Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, West Virginia, Confederate States of America, Great Britain, Gulf Stream, Kentucky, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philadelphia (Pa.), Sandy Hook

People

Ann Maury (1803-1876), Ann Maury (1811-1901), Eliza Withers (b. 1846), F. W. Tremlett, Francis Henney Smith (1812-1890), Franklin Minor (1812-1867), James Hervey Otey (1800-1863), Marin H. Jansen (1817-1893), Mary Werth (1844-1928), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1849-1886), Maximilian Emperor of Mexico (1832-1867), Morey family, Nannie Corbin (1837-1900), Nathaniel J. Holmes, Richard L. Maury (1840-1907), Rutson Maury (1805-1882), Wellford Corbin, William C. Hasbrouck, William M. Blackford (1801-1864)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865, 1870-, 19th century

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

Alternative names

  • M[atthew] F[ontaine ] Maury
  • [Matthew Fontaine] Maury
  • M F (Matthew Fontaine ). Maury

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
November 19, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import