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Trail Blazer of the Seas by Jean Lee Latham: New
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- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2021-08-30
- Pages
- 210
- ISBN
- 9781948959483
- Book Title
- Trail Blazer of the Seas
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Purple House Press
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Biographical / United States, Transportation / Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, Historical / United States / 19th Century
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 210 Pages
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From the author of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, Jean Lee Latham writes an absorbing biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the man considered to be the father of modern oceanography. In the early 1800s, the voyage from New York to San Francisco took six months. That was before Maury, a lieutenant in the US Navy, blazed a trail for ships to follow. The first ship to follow Maury's directions based on his wind and current charts cut nearly two months off that time. Later, clipper ships cut that time in half. For seven years Maury had fought against skepticism and bitter opposition, for the cooperation needed to gather data for his charts. Years later, at a worldwide peacetime conference in Brussels, which he organized in 1853, nine-tenths of the world's ships were helping Maury collect data and blaze more trails. After the success of his charts, Maury blazed on with more new ideas: he campaigned for a Naval Academy, for better fortification of our southern ports, and separate shipping lanes for eastbound and westbound routes in the Atlantic to avoid deadly collisions. Jean Lee Latham gives a warm, lively picture of the man and a clear explanation of his achievements. Victor Mays' drawings are both powerful and authentic. There is no discussion of slavery in this biography.
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Purple House Press
ISBN-10
1948959488
ISBN-13
9781948959483
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10057275355
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trail Blazer of the Seas
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Biographical / United States, Transportation / Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, Historical / United States / 19th Century
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
210 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
9-12
Illustrated by
Mays, Victor
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
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