The physical geography of the sea

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, former owner. DSI, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1855 · London : Sampson, Low, Son & Co. : English and American Booksellers and Publishers · 4 pictures

Matthew Fontaine Maury's 1855 treatise on oceanography and marine meteorology, published in London by Sampson, Low, Son & Co., was written for mariners and navigators. Its pictures are charts of sea routes, wind and current systems, and the atmospheric circulation over the Atlantic, drawn with fine hatching and shaded bands that a designer could borrow for flowing, layered data graphics.

Oceanography · Climatology · Marine meteorology · Navigation

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