Maury returned in March 1866 to England where his family was waiting to greet him. So changed In appearance had be become from the anxieties and hardships that he had experienced during the long separation that his children did not know him. Maximilian. forced by a mounting opposition to his rule. soon abolished the immigration scheme but offered to make Maury the director of the National Observatory. which was declined. Maury never returned to Mexico but was able to make one lasting contribution to that country. Studying the climate of the area in South America on the eastern slope of the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia where the cinchona tree is native. he found a comparable climate in the State of Vera Cruz.
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