History of Oceanography Joshua Gema 1st Period

  • Ptolemy
    200

    Ptolemy

    Used stars to navigate the seas.
  • Pytheas
    400

    Pytheas

    Greek geographer
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
    May 6, 1418

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Made a school that teaches Portugees sailors to navigate.
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Observed the Gulf Stream
  • Matthew Maury

    Matthew Maury

    Maped ocean currents and winds.
  • Challenger Expedition

    Challenger Expedition

    1st expedition organized specifically to gather data on a wide range of ocean features, including ocean temperatures seawater chemistry, currents, marine life, and the geology of the seafloor. Started in December just before Christmas and lasted to May, four years later.
  • SONAR

    SONAR

    Sound navigtion used to map ocean floor.
  • Bathysphere

    Bathysphere

    Diving vesal the first bathysphere was devised by Otis Barton in 1928 and designed by Captain John H. J. Butler