THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA (2003 PAPERBACK REPRINT)

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THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA (2003 PAPERBACK REPRINT) Matthew Fontaine Maury, originally published 1855, 432 pp., $29.95, paperbound, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-43248-3

This title is regarded as the first textbook of modern oceanography. The author presents the earliest attempt at formulating a general system of circulation of the atmosphere, with theor...

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