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276
BC eratosthenes
Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth without leaving Egypt. -
320
bc Pytheas
In 320 BC Pytheas sailed out of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. -
Jan 7, 1400
Portuguese
Early to mid 1400’s Prince Henry “The
Navigator” established a marine observatory to
improve the Portuguese sailing endeavors and
conquered one of the greatest trades
problems-getting around the tip of Africa -
Jan 5, 1420
Prince henry the Navigator
(4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460) He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. He never sailed on the expeditions but he had people he would send in ships. -
Jan 7, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. -
bc ptolemy
Figured out how to measure the angle of the stars to figure out where you are. -
Benjamin Franklin
The lightning rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the Americas in 1749.A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod or conductor mounted on top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire, to protect the building in the event of lightning. -
James cook
Cook travelled north and in 1778 became the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands. -
Matthew Maury
In 1855, Maury wrote the first textbook on modern oceanography, The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology. -
Challenger expedition
The ship, commanded by Captain George Nares, sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 21 December 1872-76.[1] Under the scientific supervision of Thomson himself, she travelled nearly 70,000 nautical miles (130,000 km) surveying and exploring.Discovered about 4,700 new species of marine life. -
Lewis Nixon
Lewis Nixon invented the very first Sonar type listening device in 1906, as a way of detecting icebergs. -
Bathysphere
A bathysphere is a spherical deep-sea submersible which is unpowered and is lowered into the ocean on a cable.The first bathysphere was devised by Otis Barton in 1928. The firm that Barton hired in 1929 to construct his "diving tank". -
A.D Vikings – Eric the Red
982 A.D. Eric the Red sailed westward from
Greenland and discovered Baffin Island. -
BC Phoenicians
In 590 BC the Phoenicians circumnavigated
Africa and sailed the North Atlantic as far
as European Coast and British Isle where
they were known to trade for tin which is
used in making bronze. -
BC Greeks
Herodontus constructed a map of the
Mediterranean Sea in 490 BC.Pytheas sailed northward from Greece
to Iceland in 325 BC and worked out a
method for determining latitudes and
using astronomical measurements
proposed that tides were a product of
lunar influences.
