Matthew Maury.
(Not in uniform in photograph.) Injured early in his naval career, Maury devoted his life to science and writing. Founder of the science of hydrography and author of several books on the subject during the mid-nineteenth century. Resigned his U.S. Navy commission at the outbreak of war and was com...
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