The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is one of the largest marine research and education centers in the United States. Founded in 1940, VIMS is unique among marine science institutions in its lega
VIMS campus in Gloucester Point, Virginia
VIMS NOMAD real-time data buoy
VIMS R/V Virginia
President's House at William & Mary, 2021
Matthew Fontaine Maury
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Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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…1938, which in 1940 was chartered by the Commonwealth as the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory. Its original building, Maury Hall, is named for Virginian Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Father of Modern Oceanography." VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory, established in 1962 in the seaside village of Wachapreague, jumpstarted Virginia's…
as a U.S. Navy lieutenant in 1853
Colour lithograph of the Vincennes, 1845.
Instrument for finding true lunar distances from Maury's 1834 article
Composite diagram showing, on the right, a single square from a Pilot Chart, covering 5-10°S and 35-40°W, an area off the east coast of Brazil. Numbers are the frequencies with which winds blow from the corresponding compass point. The key on the left indicates how the months of the year are laid out. The prevailing SE winds in this area are apparent.