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Show The late Lieutenant Matthew Fon-! t.'iine Maury, I'nited Stale, niuv. i known as tl. "Pathfinder of 'the; Seas." His ,1 rnia ik.-ihly , -rural'-work regarding ocean currents, winds, temperatures, sea condition', an. I meleorologi,-,, subjects ,rm,e;l,t him world renown. He was the first superintendent of the navy observatory observa-tory in IK. I 1. .niiis' dcvrloprd not only the naval observatory but the hydrographir office. The pilot charts used to-day are founded up..n. the researches ,,M,, ,v Maury in the' early part, of the nineteenth century. |