Henry Lister Maw

(1801-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Maw, Henry Lister LBT ID: HeMaw1874 VIAF ID: 10191657 LOC ID: n91052489	B/BAP: 1801 DIED: 1874-12-07
SOURCES: The United Service Magazine (January 1875) 122; The Geographical Magazine (January 1875) 24; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English seaman who enlisted in the Navy in 1818 and explored the Amazon to its source in 1827; he retired in 1861. He published Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic (1829).