THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA
by M F. MAURY
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/NO DJ AS ISSUED
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Lanvellec, France
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About This Item
First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 25-348; 4 plates within text block, 8 folding charts depicting a vertical section of the Atlantic, depth chart, paths of hurricanes, sea drifts, winds and routes, and the gulf stream, and 1 folding table of a pilot's sheet - all in perfect condition barring one small tear(4 cm.) on Plate VIII; original navy blue cloth, corners rubbed and bumped, textblock bright and sound. Considered the first textbook of modern oceanography, this work was among the first to recognize the sea as a separate branch of science. Maury was a distinguished naval officer and a prolific writer on oceanography and naval subjects; he was instrumental in establishing an international system for recording oceanographic data, based on worldwide cooperation of naval vessels and the merchant marine. This work went through many editions; here on offer is the first printing of an enlarged and revised sixth edition - "An Entirely New Edition" - first published and entered on the Congressional Register in 1856. The present copy was sold by Sampson Low in London with a four page insert on "American Works of Interest during 1854-5" It is in astoundingly good condition with POS on copyright page, " J Barde Vernet ".
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- Bookseller
- LeCrastinBooks (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210010
- Title
- THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA
- Author
- M F. MAURY
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth-covered hardboard, blindstamped design on 1 & 4 with golden anchor and chain on 1 and gold title, author on spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- NO DJ AS ISSUED
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- SIXTH EDITION - First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- HARPER & BROTHERS (Samson Low in London)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 25 X 16 CM.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- La Liseuse du Crastin; sea and sail; Rare 1st. edition; maritime history;
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