INDEX

Abbé, Cleveland, 236.

Abel, Frederic Augustus, 207.

Adams, John Quincy, 128, 234.

Adams, Samuel, 245.

Agamemnon, 79.

Agassiz, Alexander, 128.

Alabama, 171, 173, 226.

Albany, 67.

Allen, John J., 145.

Amundson, Roald, 82.

Antarctic, 62.

Appomattox, 183.

Arabia, Cunard Steamer, 170.

Arctic, 79.

Arctic and Antarctic Exploration, 81–83.

Arman, L., 174.

Ashburton, Lord (Alexander Baring), 128.

Atlantic Cable, 76, 77, 104, 212.

Atrato, Royal Mail Steamer, 183.

Bache, Professor Alexander D., 80.

Bacon, Francis, 131.

Badger, Secretary of Navy, George E., 41.

Bailey, Professor J. W., 76.

Barron, Commodore James, 133.

Barron, Captain Samuel, 171.

Bazaine, General F. A., 214.

Beauregard, General Pierre G. T., 126, 209.

Bell, Senator John, 113.

“Ben Bow” Articles in Richmond Enquirer, 155–158, 162.

Benjamin, Senator Judah P., 114.

Berryman, Lieutenant O. H., 67, 76, 79.

Biddle, E. C. and J., Publishers, 27, 67, 68.

Biddle, Commodore James, 52.

Biddle, Lieutenant James S., 108, 111.

Bigelow, Abraham, 108.

Blackburn, the Reverend Doctor, 4, 5.

Blossom, Schooner, 248.

Bolivar, Simon, 14.

Booth, Edwin, 245.

Bowditch, Nathaniel, 22, 27, 37.

Brandywine, U. S. Frigate, 9, 10, 12, 13.

Brooke, John Mercer, 76, 229, 246.

Brown, John, 121.

Brussels Conference, 57, 58, 85, 229, 230, 232.

Buchan, Alexander, 232.

Buchanan, Admiral Franklin, 108, 146.

Buckingham, Duke of, 185.

Bulloch, James T., 170, 174, 177, 186, 187, 188.

Bureau of Coast, Harbor, and River Defense, 148.

Busey, N. H., 247.

Byrd, Commander Richard Evelyn, 82.

Byron, Lord George Gordan, 131.

Calhoun, John C., 128.

Cambridge LL.D., 215–217.

Carlotta, Empress of Mexico, 190, 195, 197, 199, 200, 203, 213–216.

Carpenter, W. B., 75.

Carter, W. F., 153.

Champlain, Battle of Lake, 7.

Charles II, 2.

Children, Maury’s (Pet Names), 139, 141.

Clayton, Senator J. M., 114.

Coffin, Professor John H. C., 47.

Collingwood, Admiral Cuthbert, 133.

Colt, Colonel Samuel, 154.

Columbia University, 64.

Columbus, 52.

Congress, 18.

Consort, 29, 32.

Constantine, Grand Duke of Russia, 128, 162, 164, 166, 180, 209.

Corbin, Mrs. Diana Fontaine (Maury), 136, 141, 147, 185, 203, 242–244.

Cox, Virginia Lee, 251.

Coxetter, Captain Louis M., 168.

Craven, Captain T. T., 172.

Cuba, 162, 183, 186, 187, 189, 193, 199.

Cumberland, 148.

Cyclops, 78.

Dahlgren, John A., 128.

Dante, Alighieri, 131.

Davidson, Lieutenant Hunter, 153–155.

Davis, Jefferson, 114, 124, 126, 128, 146, 154, 160, 162, 165, 175, 179, 189, 215, 219.

Davy, Marie, 232.

Dayman, Lieutenant (Royal Navy), 78.

Decatur, Stephen, 133.

Decorations, Degrees, etc., 63–65, 112, 162, 163, 215–217.

De Haven, Edward J., 81, 82.

De la Mare, Walter, 249.

De Le Marche, Captain, 165.

Delta, Royal Mail Steamer, 169.

Dickerson, Secretary of Navy, Mahlon, 27, 29, 30, 33.

Dobbin, Secretary of Navy, J. C., 114.

Dolphin, 24, 67, 76.

Dorr, E. P., 236.

Downes, John, 24.

Du Pont, Samuel F., 108.

Edgeworth, Maria, 141.

Elder, John A., 247.

Electric Torpedoes (Mines), 148–155, 178–183, 204–208.

Elizabeth, 190.

Engineer, 31.

Essex, 7, 16.

Experiment, 31.

Falmouth, 23, 24, 51.

Faraday, Professor Michael, 80, 128.

Farleyvale, 142, 147.

Farragut, Admiral David Glasgow, 11, 18, 178.

Field, Cyrus W., 78, 79, 128, 212.

Finch (Bolton), William Compton, 14, 15, 17, 18.

Fitzroy, Robert, 229.

Flying Cloud, 60.

Flying Fish, 61.

Fontaine, Sally, 141.

Foote, Andrew H., 108.

Forbes, R. B., 83.

Fowler, G. Herbert, 249.

Francia, Dr. José G. R., 120.

Franklin, Tennessee, 3, 4, 9, 31, 246, 249.

Franklin, Sir John, 81.

Fraser, Trenholm and Company, 170.

Fredericksburg, 2, 9, 26, 28, 31, 32, 41, 126, 146, 150, 164, 167, 196, 227, 246.

Fullam, W. F., 247.

Fulton, Robert, 154.

Gentry, Susie, 248.

Geography Series, 210–211, 222–225, 237.

Georgetown College, 94.

Georgia, 171, 172.

Gibraltar, 12.

Gilliss, John P., 44, 45, 81.

Gladstone, William Ewart, 175.

Glynn, James, 29, 31.

Godon, Sylvanus W., 108.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 131.

Goldsborough, Lewis M., 44.

Goshen Pass, 240, 241, 246, 249.

Graham, Secretary of Navy, William A., 56, 64, 114, 116.

Gregory, Captain Francis H., 30.

Gunboats, Construction of, 158–160.

Hall of Fame, 245.

Hamburg, Germany, 246, 247.

Harlan, Senator James, 87.

Harper and Brothers, 68, 102.

Harpeth Academy, 4, 7.

Harris, Isham G., 198.

Harrison, Thomas, 127.

Hasbrouck, William C., 5, 7, 68, 123, 147.

Hassler, F. R., 31.

Hawaii, 17.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 128.

Haymond, Thomas S., 145.

Hemans, Felicia D., 132.

Henry, Professor Joseph, 89.

Herald, 168, 169.

Herdman, Sir William A., 75, 249.

Hergesheimer, E. Sophonisba, 247.

Herndon, Ann Hull (See Maury, Mrs. M. F.).

Herndon, Dr. Brodie, 188, 237.

Herndon, Edward, 8.

Herndon, Ellen, 59.

Herndon, William Lewis, 82, 119.

Herschel, Sir John, 74, 75.

Hindman, General Thomas C., 197.

Hjort, Johan, 249.

Hollywood Cemetery, 241.

Holmes, Nathaniel J., 183, 204, 205.

Honolulu, 17.

Houston, Samuel, 7, 128.

Hubbard, Professor J. S., 47, 48.

Humboldt, Baron F. H. Alexander von, 59, 65, 68, 78, 128.

Ibanez, Vicente Blasco, 248.

Immortality, H. M. S., 170.

“Inca Papers” on the Amazon, 119–120.

Investigator, H. M. S., 82.

Irving, Washington, 18.

Irving, Midshipman William, 18.

Jackson, Andrew, 27, 29.

Jackson, “Stonewall”, 240, 245.

Jansen, Marin H., 128, 138, 181, 189, 190, 203, 208, 209, 232, 237, 244.

Japan, 171.

Jay, John, 245.

John Gilpin, 61.

Johnston, Senator John Warfield, 231.

Jomard, E. F., 74, 128.

Jones, John Paul, 245.

Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 29, 30, 41.

Juarez, Benito P., 214.

Kamehameha III, 17.

Kane, Dr. Elisha K., 82, 128.

Kearny, Captain Lawrence, 30.

Keith, Professor Ruel, 47.

Kennedy, Secretary of Navy, John P., 114.

Kennon, Beverly, 155.

Kilby, 62.

Lafayette, Marquis de, 10–12, 27.

Laird, John, 171, 209.

Lalande, Joseph de, 48, 49.

Land Meteorology, 85–89, 229–237.

Lee, General Robert Edward, 144, 146, 183, 187, 188, 191–193, 220, 239, 244.

Lee, S. P., 67.

Letcher, Governor John, 145, 150, 158, 159, 161, 220, 227.

Leverrier, W. J. J., 48, 128.

Lexington, Virginia, 220, 221, 227, 228, 239–241, 246.

Lieber, Hamilton, 132.

Liebig, Justus von, 128.

Lincoln, Abraham, 123, 125, 126, 157, 183.

Locke, John, 46.

Lomax, Judge John T., 41.

Longfellow, H. W., 216.

Lopez, Colonel Miguel, 214.

Lowell Institute, 103.

Lynch, William Francis, 81, 82.

Macdonough, Thomas, 7.

Macedonian, 13, 29.

Magruder, General John B., 197.

Mallory, Stephen R., 113–115, 146, 150, 160–162, 166, 174, 179, 215.

Manassas, Battle of, 161.

Manila, 18.

Manning, George, 68.

“Mare Nostrum”, 248.

Margolle, M., 232.

Markham, Clements, 200.

Marquesas Islands, 14.

Maupin (Mauphin?), Dr. Socrates, 153.

Maury, U. S. S. Destroyer, 247.

“Maury Testimonial”, 208, 209.

Maury, Abram, 2, 7.

Maury, Betty (Mrs. W. A. Maury), 139, 141, 146.

Maury, General Dabney H., 67, 90, 183.

Maury, Diana Fontaine (See “Corbin, Mrs. Diana Fontaine”).

Maury, Eliza, 141, 203.

Maury, Ellen, 59.

Maury, John Herndon, 132, 141, 183, 184.

Maury, John Minor, 7, 16, 26.

Maury, Lucy, 141, 185, 203, 215.

Maury, Mary (Mrs. James R. Werth), 126, 141, 203, 215, 247, 251.

Maury, Mrs. Matthew Fontaine, 9, 22, 26, 123, 126, 140, 142, 146, 163, 185, 191, 195, 196, 198, 200, 202, 203, 215, 237, 239, 243.

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, his birth, 2;

elementary education, 4–6;

entrance to the Navy, 7–9;

his first three cruises, 10–24;

his “A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation”, 27–28;

promoted Lieutenant, 29;

South Sea Exploring Expedition, 29–30;

surveying Southern harbors, 31;

injury to his leg, 32;

“Scraps from the Lucky Bag”, 33–40, 43, 155;

journalistic work, 41–43;

astronomical work, 44–50;

“Wind and Current Charts”, 51–63, 83, 144, 249;

honors, 63–65, 112, 162, 163;

“Physical Geography of the Sea”, 66–75, 84, 102, 124, 243, 249, 250;

Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 75–80, 211–213;

interest in Arctic and Antarctic exploration, 81–83;

ocean lanes for steamers, 83;

land meteorology, 85–89, 229–237;

transportation routes, 90–93;

lectures and addresses, 93–106;

“Retiring Board”, 107–117, 146;

promoted Commander, 117;

“Inca Papers” on the Amazon, 119–120;

mediation between North and South, 120–125;

his resignation from the U. S. Navy, 126, 127, 143;

his character, 129, 130, 250, 251;

ideas about education, 131–134, 140, 141;

Maury and his family, 134–142;

his appearance, 135;

assistance in the defense of Virginia, 145–147;

a Commander in the Virginia State Navy and also a Commander in the Navy of the Confederacy, 145;

as Chief of Bureau of Coast, Harbor, and River Defense invents torpedoes (or mines), 148–155;

“Ben Bow” articles in the Richmond Enquirer, 155–158, 162;

construction of gunboats, 158–160;

invited to Russia, 162–165;

invited to France, 166, 204, 205;

ordered to England, 166–170;

fitting out Georgia and Rappahannock, 171–174;

as a propagandist for the Confederacy, 174–176;

international political intrigues, 176–177;

experiments with electric mines, 178–183;

leaves England, 183–188;

goes to Mexico, 189–192;

Mexican colonization scheme, 189, 193–201, 202, 203, 213;

in England again, 202;

his “Torpedo School”, 204–208;

“Maury Testimonial”, 208–209;

his Geography Series, 210–211, 222–225, 237;

enters the Church, 215;

Cambridge University confers on him the LL.D., 215–217;

his return to the United States, 218–220;

“Physical Survey of Virginia”, 219, 221, 222, 227, 233;

Maury at Virginia Military Institute, 220–239;

last illness and death, 237–239;

his burial in Hollywood Cemetery, 240–241;

estimates of his work, 242–244, 248–251;

monuments and other memorials, 149, 244–248.

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, Junior (“Brave”), 141, 167–169, 171, 185, 186, 203, 215, 222, 236, 241.

Maury, Mytton, 222.

Maury, Reuben, 8.

Maury, Richard (father of Matthew Fontaine Maury), 2.

Maury, Richard (brother to Matthew Fontaine Maury), 8.

Maury, Richard Launcelot, 132, 141, 147, 167, 187, 196, 198, 201, 210, 239.

Maury, Robert H., 149.

Maury, Rutson, 147, 215, 224, 231.

Maury, Thompson B., 236.

Maury, William L., 108, 153, 171, 172.

Maximilian, Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and Emperor of Mexico, 128, 177, 189–191, 193, 195–204, 212, 213, 215.

McCauley, Charles S., 108.

McClure, Commander (Royal Navy), 82.

McGuire, Parson E. C., 26.

McKay, Donald, 128.

McRay, Archibald, 81.

Mejía, General Tomás, 214.

Merrimac (C. S. S. Virginia), 159.

Minnesota, 148, 151, 158.

Minor, Diana, 2.

Minor, Dudas, 2.

Minor, John, 146.

Minor, Robert D., 151.

Miramón, General Miguel, 214.

Missroon, John S., 108, 115.

Mobile Bay, Battle of, 178.

Moffitt, Mrs. E. E., 245.

Mohican, 169, 170.

Monroe, President James, 241.

Montague, R. L., 145.

Monuments and memorials, 149, 244–248, 250.

Mordecai, Major Alfred, 197.

Moretti, Giuseppe, 246.

Morgan, James Morris, 168, 170.

Morris, Captain Charles, 10, 18.

Morris, Dr., 151, 153.

Morse, Professor S. F. B., 80, 128.

Müller, Max, 216.

Murray, John, 249.

Myer, General Albert James, 229, 235–237.

Nabuco, Joaquim, 120.

Napoleon I, 18.

Napoleon III, 65, 166, 174, 175, 177, 204, 214, 215.

Nashville, Tennessee, 3, 105, 123, 246.

Navigation, Maury’s “A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation”, 27, 28.

Newton, Isaac, 131.

Niagara, 79, 172.

Norfolk, Virginia, 7, 13, 29, 31, 41, 91, 93, 148, 151, 159, 161, 221, 234, 235, 246.

Nukahiva, 14–16.

Ocean Lanes for steamers, 83.

Orr, Colonel James L., 165.

Otey, Bishop James, 4, 96, 128.

Packer, Governor William F., 121.

Page, Richard L., 81, 108.

Page, Thomas Nelson, 243, 244.

Pakington, Sir John, 209.

Pasteur, Louis, 165.

Paulding, Secretary of Navy, James K., 33.

Peacock, 30.

Pendergrast, G. J., 108.

Pendleton, William (D.D.), 239.

Perkins, Judge John, 198.

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 30, 81, 108, 109, 111, 128.

“Physical Geography of the Sea”, 66–75, 84, 102, 124, 243, 249, 250.

“Physical Survey of Virginia”, 219, 221, 222, 227, 233.

Pioneer, 229.

Plato, 131.

Platt, Captain Charles T., 67.

Plutarch, 131.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 28.

Poinsett, Secretary of War, Joel R., 30.

Polk, Bishop Leonidas, 128, 151.

Pollard, Edward Albert, 160.

Poma, Manuela, 24, 25.

Pope Pius IX, 59, 65, 214.

Porter, David, 7, 16.

Potomac, 25, 26.

Preston, Margaret J., 240.

Price, Governor Stirling, 198.

Priestly, Joseph, 205.

Pynes, the Reverend Doctor, 140.

Quetelet, Jacques Adolphe Lambert, 57, 58, 232.

Quintard, Bishop Charles Todd, 215.

Rains, General Gabriel J., 155.

Rappahannock, 172, 173.

Raven, 60.

“Retiring Board”, 107–117.

Reynolds, Governor Thomas C., 197.

Richardson and Company, 210, 224, 225.

Richmond, Virginia, 40, 93, 143, 145, 147–151, 155, 159, 161, 162, 166, 178, 183, 187, 220, 221, 227, 240, 241, 245, 246, 250.

Richmond Medical College, 149.

Ringgold, Cadwalader, 81.

Roanoke, 148.

“Robinson Crusoe”, 249.

Rodgers, John, 12.

Rodgers, John, Junior, 81.

Rollins, R., 153.

Sampson Low, Son and Company, 68.

Sandwich Islands, 17.

San Francisco, 62.

San Jacinto, 170.

Savannah, 151.

Scharf’s “History of the Confederate States Navy”, 155.

Scott, Sir Walter, 132.

Scott, General Winfield, 110.

“Scraps from the Lucky Bag”, 33–40, 43, 155.

Sea Witch, 60.

Secchi, Father Angelo, 232.

Semmes, Raphael, 226.

Seneca, 131.

Shakespeare, William, 132.

Shelby, General Joseph O., 197, 198.

Sheridan, General Philip H., 199.

Shubrick, Captain William B., 30, 108.

Sievers, F. William, 245, 251, 252.

Silliman, Professor Benjamin, 128.

Simmons, George Finlay, 248.

Simonds, Frederic William, 224.

Sims, William Gilmore, 128.

Slaughter, General James H., 197.

Slidell, John, 177.

Smith, Superintendent Francis H., 145, 220, 241.

Smith, Professor Francis H., 250.

Smith, General Kirby, 197.

Socrates, 126.

South Sea Exploring Expedition, 29–30.

Soulé, Pierre, 197.

Star of the West, 125.

Stephens, Alexander H., 124.

Stevenson, Sara Y., 197.

Stewart, Chaplain C. S., 15, 17, 18.

St. John’s College, 225.

Stockton, Commodore Robert F., 124.

Stoeckle, Baron, 164.

Strain, Isaac G., 81.

Street, Julian, 248.

Stribling, C. K., 108.

Tahiti, 17.

Talbot and Son’s Iron Works, 149.

Taney, 67.

Teaser, 153, 154.

Terrell, General James B., 197, 199.

Thomson, C. Wyville, 74, 75.

Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin), 80.

Three Bells, 62.

Toucey, Secretary of Navy, J., 117.

Toynbee, Captain Henry, 229.

Trade Wind, 61.

Tredegar Iron Works, 149.

Tremlett, the Reverend Doctor F. W., 176, 185, 189, 208, 209, 216, 231, 233, 237.

“Trent Affair”, 170.

Tyler, President John, 40, 128, 241.

Tyndall, Professor John, 209.

Typhoon, 60.

U. S. Naval Academy, 38, 132, 247.

University of Alabama, 225–227.

University of North Carolina, 64.

University of the South, 95, 123, 215, 218.

University of Virginia, 94, 132, 153, 218, 246, 250.

University Publishing Company, 222.

Upshur, Secretary of Navy, A. P., 44, 52.

Valentine, Edward V., 135, 247.

Valparaiso, 7, 14, 19, 23, 25, 104.

Victor, 172.

Vincennes, 14, 15, 17, 18, 30.

Virginia, C. S. S., 159.

Virginia Military Institute, 132, 159, 218, 220–222, 227, 228, 239, 241, 246.

Walker, General John G., 197.

Walker, Sears Cook, 48.

Walsh, Lieutenant J. C., 67.

Washington, George, 12, 44.

Washington and Lee University, 222, 239.

Welles, Secretary of Navy, Gideon, 143.

West Point, 37, 38, 131.

W. H. D. C. Wright, 54.

Wheatstone, Sir Charles, 206.

White, Editor Thomas W., 41.

Whiting, William B., 23, 25, 143.

Whitthorne, W. C., 105.

Wilcox, General C. M., 197.

Wild Pigeon, 61.

Wilkes, Charles, 30, 31, 33, 44, 81, 169.

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 128, 129.

“Wind and Current Charts”, 51–63, 83, 144, 249.

Wordsworth, William, 132.

Wright, William, 216.

Wrottesley, Lord John, 59, 68, 128.

Wurttemberg, King of, 205, 208.

Yancey, Robert L., 123.

Yorktown, Battle of, 11.

Zurcher, M., 232.

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