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600 BCE
First Sea Routes
Phoenicians developed sea routes around the Mediterranean around the Red Sea, they make it to africa and england. (navigation) -
Steamship
Robert Fulton was the inventor of the first successful steamship. (trade) -
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen was a norwegian scientist who sailed to the North Pole and gathered information. (scientific research) -
Titanic
A huge ship called the Titanic hit into an iceberg and killed over 1,500 people. (navigation) -
Echo sounder
Alexander Behm invented the echo sounder, which measures the depth of the sea. (recreation) -
USS Nautilus
US scientist created the world's first nuclear submarine. (military) -
First Underwater Robot
The Navy developed CURV which is a underwater robot used to find torpedos. (military) -
NOAA
NOAA is established in 1970, it is an american agency that reports ocean conditions, major waterways, and the atmosphere. (medical field) -
Hydrothermal Vents
A marine geologist, Robert Ballard discovered the first know hydrothermal vent in the Galapagos drift. Warm water was coming out the ocean floor. ( scientific research) -
Titanic found
Robert Ballard and robot, Jason, discover the titanic about 375 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. ( scientific research)