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Matthew Fontaine Maury  

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  • Matthew Fontaine Maury is remembered today as the father of oceanography. During his lifetime, however, Maury identified himself with geography. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Maury, Matthew Fontaine]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G8R78V9B-J

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