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Leif Erikson was a viking who, with others, sailed to North America. These were the first Europeans to reach the new world.
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Islam sets out a huge exploration in am effort to regain dominance at sea.
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Prince Henry the Navigator sends expeditions down West Africa.
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Christopher Colombus arrives at The Bahamas and the Carribean area, thinking he has found an unknown route to Asia.
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China begins to explores other areas to trade its goods. However, they find that they are the most advanced civilization and isolate themselves.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida and discovers the Florida Current, which became very helpful for ships going to Europe.
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Discovered mass, weight and accelertion. Helped show how things move, and explained planets.
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Discovered planetary movement, helped with navigation on the oceans.
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Explained gravity which led to an understanding of tides.
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Discovered longitude and the age of the oceans, helped with getting a deeper understanding of the ocean.
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Created the marine chronometer which finds the longitude of a ship at sea. In a time when there was so much nescesary sailing, this device made travel safer.
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Took first soundings, made observations of winds, currents and temperatures. Started to understand how the ocean processes work.
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Ben Franklin charts the Gulf Stream. This chart helped sailors to find the fastest routes by showing where the trade winds are.
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Established the first textbook on oceanography. Explained the sea's conditions and directions making sailer safer for everyone.
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Studies the ocean using computer modules and chemical chacers. Models the oceans and the atmosphere.
