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Description
First profile of an oceanic basin. Matthew Fontaine Maury produced this profile in 1854 and published it in the Wind and Current Charts for that year.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Collection
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
Bathymetric Maps Collection
Keywords
Exploration
Maps