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Was an egyptian who tried to journey to the center of the universe.
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He was the first one to calculate the circumference of the earth.
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Traveled over the whole of Great Britain that was accesible. He discovered Great Britain.
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He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents.
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Rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
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Explored Canary Islands and the African Coast.
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Rounded Africa and then went on to explore India.
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First saw the Pacific Ocean from atop a mountain while trying to land on the Isthmus of Panama.
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Magellan circumnavigated the globe through a passage way at 52 degrees now called the Straights of Magellan.
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Franklin discovered surface currents and made the first maps of the Gulf Stream.
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Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland and then made contact with the Eastern coast of Australia and the Hawaiian as well as the circumnavigation of New Zealand.
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Compied Naval charts and instrumentations that allowed sailors to avoid to catastrophic weather. He also established uniform methods of making nautical and meteorological observations at sea.
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4 year trip to gain knowledge that traveled 109,000 km.
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Helped ships and submarines view the underwater terrain without actually seeing it. It is made possible by using echos to bounce off mountains and stuff underwater which than makes an image.
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deep-sea submersible which is unpowered and is lowered into the ocean on a cable.
