Cavalcade of America · SEASON 2

Riddle of the Seas

Episode 24 · 1954-04-06

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Episode overview

Relates the story of the life work of Matthew Fontaine Maury, founder of the United States Weather Bureau, who advanced and proved his revolutionary theory that the paths of the sea--winds, currents, and temperature--could be accurately predicted and charted. Time: mid-nineteenth century.

60 minutes

Season 2 episodes