Matthew Fontaine Maury (jan 10, 1810 – jan 28, 1820)
Description:
Maury was the head of the US Navy’s Department of Charts and Instruments. Discovered the Navy had only a few charts of the ocean, but had a big storeroom of dusty logbooks from Navy shipsAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 10, 1810
jan 28, 1820
~ 10 years
