The first person to develop a picture of the large-scale wind and current systems of the Earth was:
A) Ben Franklin.
B) Matthew Maury.
C) Eratosthenes of Cyrene.
D) Wyville Thomson.

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Matthew Maury, a U.S. naval officer, was the first person to develop a chart of the world's ocean currents and winds in the mid-1800s. He analyzed ship logs and other data to create the first systematic oceanography chart.

The First Person to Develop a Picture of the Large-Scale