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Maury Pathfinding Sailor Honored in New York Hall of Fame
By Elmo Scott Watson Maury joins Monroe Whitman and Whistler in New York University Hall of Fame, celebrated as the Pathfinder of the Seas for charting winds and currents and advancing naval science. Maury, born 1803 near Fredericksburg, rose from Tennessee roots to lead American nautical science, later serving the Confederate Navy and ending as Virginia Military Institute professor.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Hall of
New York University
United States
James Monroe
Walt Whitman
James Abbott
MaccNell Whistler
Matthew Fontaine Maury
United States Navy
Maury
Belsted
Richmond
Hydrographic Office
Tennessee
Mean
Old Dominion
Tenessee
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Matthew
Franklin
Nasaville
Batire
Navy
Sam Slouston
Charlottesville
Washington
U. S. S.S. Brandywine
France
Lafayette
David Glastow Farragut
South America
Vincennes
Ann Herndon
2 Wester
Bowditch
F. William Sievers
Hall of Fame
Annapolis
Nito
Naval Academy
Falmouth
Invale
North Atlantic
Brussels
Tel- Fium
America
Gulf Stream
Humboldt
Cyrus W. Field
Field
England
Lama
Confederate States
Confederacy
Maximilian
Mexico
Rio Grande
Imperial Observatory
Paris
Napoleon III
Virginia Military Institute
Ile
Lexington
Goshen Pass
Northann River