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Feb 28, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Da Vinci collected and i was able to interpret data about currents an waves in the ocean and came to the conclusion that the level of the sea was once at a much higher elevation than ot currently was,due to fossils that were found atop mountains in Italy -
Mar 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan ponce de Leon was the first spanish explorer in florida and was able to discover how powerful the Florida current was. -
Mar 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan set sail on a circumnavigation of the globe,but sadly never completed the voyage due to the fact that he was eaten by hungry cannibals ,so his shipmate Sebastian del Cano completed the voyage -
Historie Physique de la Mer
Luigi Marsigli who was an italian author, wrote Historie Physique de la Mer which was the first book to ever deal with the science of the oceans such as the salinity,circulation and how dep the oceans appeared to be using the science that was available. -
Leonhard Euler
Discovered that the magnitudeof the forces that create ocean tides are related to the very powerful attractive force of the moon. Discovered that high tide and low tide are compltetley relate dot the moon and that on a full moon the high tide is higher than usual. -
Coastal Charting Begins
Thomas Jefferson,who was president at that time called for there to be coastal charting of the entire United States and established U.S Coast and Geodetic Survey which mapped out the coasts of the east and west in order to determine the effects of erosion and weathering in future years. -
Alexander Marcet
Marcet ,A london doctor discovered that the proportion of chemical ingredients in salt water is un changing in that of all the global ocean. By determingin the chemical make up of all the oceans was the same changed the outlook of how all oceans were presumed to be different from one another,when in reality they're the same. -
The U.S Fish Commission
In Woods Hole,Massachusetts the U.S Fish Commission established a lab.In it's very early stages up until 1946 the Commission was divided up into three different areas ,but all had the same purpose which was to conserve and provide annual reports of fish that were captured and eventually created a limit on how many fish of a certain type could be caught at once. -
The HMS Challenger
Charles Wylvie Thomson set sail on the HMS Challenger in order to conduct worldwide scientific expedtions, collecting data that woukld later be analyzed in the Challenger Reports. This was important because this was the third expedition for Charles Thomson and he collected many more specimens than on previous travels . -
USS Albatross
The USS Albatross was consructed to to conduct scientific research while at sea and made many -
The Fram
Fridtjof Nansen had the Fram specially consrtructed with a reinforced hull to use in sea ice so when arctic sea ice would push aga -
Poseidon Satellite
The TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite was launched by NASA in an effort to monitor seav leavel and to keep track of changes in patterns as the climate of Earth continues to rapidly rise. -
Jason-1 Satellite
NASA and the French Space Agency launch Jason -1 in an effort to improve forecastisng of current s and climate. along with this satelitte came GLOBEC( Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) which was designed by basically veryone in the field of oceanography in an effort to improve understanding of the oceans around us. -
Leif Ericson
The son of eric the red, Leif Ericson established the North American Property of what was then Vinland what today is known as Newfoundland. -
Eric the Red
Eric the red completes his very first transatlantic crossing and discovered the Baffin Island in the arctic region of Canada.
