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Eratosthenes, Worlds circumfrence
By using observations of a well during a summer solstice he figured out the circumfrence of the world. -
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Pytheas
Pytheas worked out a way to determine latitudes and using astronomical measurments proposed that tides were influenced by the moon. -
Jan 4, 1200
The climate cools preventing the Vikings from entering their new territories
Beginning in the 13th century the climate again began to cool and the North Atlantic began to clog with ice forcing the Viking colonies to not be able to move into the new territories they had found. -
Jan 4, 1450
Prince Henry "The Navigator"
Prince Henry established a Marine observatory to improve the Portugese sailing endeavers and conquered one of the greatest trades-problems getting around the tip of Africa. -
Jan 4, 1486
The cape of hope
The cape of hope was finally rounded by Bartholomeu Diaz in 1486. -
Jan 6, 1498
Vasco Da Gama
Successful in finding the best spice route for Portuguese -
Jan 6, 1500
Christopher Columbus
Famous explorers who is credited in discovering America. -
Jan 6, 1513
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the globe through a passage called The Straight of Magellan -
Benjamin Franklin, Gulf Stream
He mapped the Gulf Stream. -
James Cook, Hawaiin Islands
Cook discovered Hawaiin group and determined the outline of the worlds largest ocean. Cook was also the first person known to cross the Atlantic circle. -
Charles Darwin, Natural Selection and the origin of the species
Published many famous papers including Natural Selection and the Origin of the Species -
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Made a system to help sailors avoid catstrophic weather issues, currents, and waves. -
Challenger Expedition
First large voyage with the purpose to find out more about ocean life and chemical, physicals properties of the ocean. -
Eric the Red, Baffin Islands
Sailed westward out of Greenland and discovered the Baffin Islands. -
Eric's son discovers what is now called Newfoundland
Eric's son Leif Erickson discovered what then was called Vineland which is now called Newfoundland.
