Erwin's History of Oceanography Time Line

Oceanography

Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 5000

Prince Harry

Feb 4, 1450

Prince Harry The Navigator Bartholomele Dias rounded the cape of good hope plus many great voyages (Africa)

Chinese

Feb 4, 1500

Invented the compass and new noats for sea traveling

Columbus

Feb 4, 1506

Columbus made multiple voygae as across the Atlantic (1992 Columbus sailed the ocean blue)

Nunez

Feb 4, 1513

Nunez de bolboa found the pacific ocean

Magellean

Feb 4, 1522

Magellan plus crew navigated around the world (Magellan got eaten by canibols in Phillipeans)

Gemme Frisius

Feb 4, 1530

Gemme Frisius proposed relationship between longitude time

Sir Issac Newton

Feb 4, 1687

Sir Issac Newton wrote his theory "principa" guide gravity and tides where explained

Hydro Office

Feb 4, 1720

1st Hydrographic Office was established in France

John Harrison

Feb 4, 1735

John Harrison built first chronometer

Leif Ericson

Feb 4, 1750

500 yrs before Coloumbus

James Cook

Feb 4, 1761

James Cook one of thefoundes of oceanography made sanding Depths

HMS Challenger

Feb 4, 1872

HMS Challenger, uses system power/coal, captined by: Wyville Thomas

Fridtjof Nansen

Feb 4, 1893

Artic Expidition fram

Albatross

Feb 4, 1900

1st Ship for ocean Science Commisions, US Built

Scripps

Feb 4, 1912

Scripps was found

Carnegie Institue(Magnetic Field)

Feb 4, 1920

Woods hole/1930, Deep Sea Drilling/ 1966, NOAA/ 1970

Meteor

Feb 4, 1925

Looking for gold in sea water learned about south america

WWII

Feb 4, 1940

New Technology, Transportation, Charts, Navigation, Sonar

Technology

Feb 4, 1990

Poloar Orbits= Satelite Technology CzCS- Satelite, Sea Clolors of Sea, Green Stuff, Chemistry, IGY- Explored Ocean Floor, Glomar Challenger- used for drilling into sea floor

Vikings

Feb 4, 2000

"Eric The Red" Greenland to North America

Polynesians

Feb 4, 2500

Migration in Pacific Polynesians

Voyage

Jan 3, 3200

1st Voyage

Phoenicians

Jan 1, 5000

1st Boats, Fishing, Navy