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Ballou, Maturin Murray

publisher, author, was born April 14, 1820, in Boston, Mass., and a son of H. Ballou, 2nd. He is the founder and editor of several periodicals in Boston which bore his name, and, in his later years, a traveler to all parts of the world. He is the author of History of Cuba; Life of Hosea Ballou; Due West, or Round the World in 'Ten Months; Due South, or Cuba Past and Present; Due North: Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia; Under the Southern Cross: Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, etc.; Alaska:

The New Eldorado; Aztec Land; The Story of Malta; The Pearl of India, a description of Ceylon; Equatorial America, a description of visits to the Lesser Antilles and to South American capitals; and Footprints of Travel.