History of Oceanography Ashton Issleib 5th Period

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/06/168	Ptolemy AD	Developed ways of making maps and also used longitude and latitude lines.
01/07/192	Eratosthenes BC	Determined the circumfrence of the world.
01/05/325	Pytheas BC	Contributed to navigation methods.
01/07/490	Greeks - Herodontus BC	Made a map of the Mediterranean Sea
01/07/590	Phoenicians BC	Circumnavigated Africa and sailed along the North Atlantic Ocean.
01/07/982	Eric the Red AD	Sailed from Greenland to Baffin Island (which he discovered).
01/05/1400	Prince Henry The Navigator	A marine observatory was established to improve portuguese sailing.
01/07/1498	Vasco de Gama	Sailed around Africa and continued on toward India.
01/07/1521	Ferdinand Magellan AD	Used circumnavigation to travel the globe.
01/07/1767	James Cook	Published the longitudes he found by using astronomy and mathematics.
01/05/1777	Benjamin Franklin	The first map of the gulf stream was published.
01/05/1855	Matthew Maury	Published a book on oceanography.
01/05/1872	Challenger Expedition	The purpose of the expedition was to gain more knowledge of ocean life and its chemical and physical properties.
01/05/1915	SONAR	Sound Navigation And Ranging
01/05/1928	Bathysphere	The invention of a submersible sphere that could be lowered into the ocean on a cable, providing a better look at ocean life.