Readings for Ocean Explorers
The Readings for Ocean Explorers Collection is a digital library of complete documents and excerpts from letters, autobiographies, federal government reports, science articles, and reminiscences illustrating the history, science, and extraordinary personal stories of those involved in the exploration of the oceans. Source material for this section has been drawn from the collections of the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NOAA Central Library collections include the original libraries of the U.S. Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Fisheries, and the U.S.Coast and Geodetic Survey. Each entry in the Collection consists of the library introduction, explaining the background and significance of the reading; the complete citation of the reading; notes on transcription, explaining how the reading was prepared for viewing on the Web; related resources; and copyright permissions when applicable.
List of Readings:
1785: Observations on the Gulf Stream by Benjamin Franklin
1852: Vicissitudes of Ocean Exploration
1899: The State of Ocean Science in 1899: An Essay by Sir John Murray
1932: Radio Talk on Echo Sounding by Dr. Herbert Grove Dorsey
Related Links:
NOAA's Collection of Rare 19th Century Oceanography Books
