THE

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

OF

THE SEA.

BY

M. F. MAURY, LL.D., U.S.N.,

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.

A NEW EDITION,

With Important Additions and Rebised Charts by the Author.

SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND CO., 47, LUDGATE HILL.

1859.

[Authorized Edition.]

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.

TO THE

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LORD WROTTESLEY,

This Volume is Dedicated,

AS A TRIBUTE OF FRIENDSHIP, AND A TOKEN IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY HIS

LORDSHIP TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A

UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF METEOROLOGICAL

OBSERVATIONS AT SEA, FROM HIS

OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

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