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In becoming "a useful man" on the maritime stage, Matthew Fontaine Maury focused on the ills of a clique-ridden Navy, charted sea lanes and bested Great Britain's admiralty in securing the fastest, safest routes to India and Australia. He helped bind the Old and New worlds with the laying of the transatlantic cable, forcefully advocated Southern rights in a troubled union, and preached Manifest Destiny from the Arctic to Cape Horn. And he revolutionized warfare in perfecting electronically detonated mines.
Maury's eagerness to go to the public on the questions of the day riled powerful men in business and politics, and the U.S., Confederate and Royal navies. He more than once ran afoul of Jefferson Davis and Stephen R. Mallory, secretary of the Confederate States Navy. But through the political, social and scientific struggles of his time, Maury had his share of powerful allies, like President John Tyler.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue: The Last Crusade
1. God's Wandering Children
2. Becoming a Useful Man
3. Citizen of Virginia
4. Lessons for a Lifetime
5. The Siren's Song
6. The Ever-Changing Sea of Life
7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco
8. Survival Ashore
9. In Washington in a Scientific Post
10. The Navy and the Observatory
11. A Most Uncivil War
12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold
13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny
14. Gauging the Politics of Weather
15. Some Fair Winds
16. The Great Enterprise
17. Shipwreck and Salvation
18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlam
19. The Heady First Spring of War
20. At War with the Cotton Kings
21. The Confederate European Crusade
22. Winning Hearts and Minds
23. The Long Exile
24. At Peace in the Ruins of War
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
