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To Master the Boundless Sea - The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire (Paperback)
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To Master the Boundless Sea - The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire (Paperback)
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As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth
century, notions like "sea power" derived not only from fleets,
bases, and decisive battles but also from a scientific effort to
understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early
nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of the
twentieth, Jason W. Smith tells the story of the rise of the U.S.
Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its
struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of
exploration, naval officers, war, and, most significantly, the
ocean environment, Smith draws together insights from
environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the
history of science and cartography, placing the U.S. Navy's
scientific efforts within a broader cultural context. By recasting
and deepening our understanding of the U.S. Navy and the United
States at sea, Smith brings to the fore the overlooked work of
naval hydrographers, surveyors, and cartographers. In the nautical
chart's soundings, names, symbols, and embedded narratives, Smith
recounts the largely untold story of a young nation looking to
extend its power over the boundless sea.
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