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150
AC Ptolemy
Created the world map used in his time. -
325
BC Pytheas
Pytheas sailed northward from Greece
to Iceland in 325 BC and worked out a
method for determining latitudes and
using astronomical measurements
proposed that tides were a product of
lunar influences. -
Jan 7, 1000
The Chinease
Creation of the compass. -
Nov 13, 1460
Prince Henry
He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. -
Jan 7, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
First expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. -
Benjamin Franklin
He was one of our founding fathers and Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. -
James Cook
Cook (1728-1779) Using Astronomy and
Mathematics he began calculating Longitudes and
published his findings in the royal Society’s
Philosophical transactions for 1767 which gained him
notoriety and several more voyages charting New
Zealand, East coast of Australia,
Ocean. -
Mathew Maury
believed there were paths in the sea and wanted to find them. -
Charles Darwin
investigated the whole
of nature leading him to make
one of the most outstanding
contributions to biology while
on his voyage aboard the
H.M.S Beagle. -
Challenger expedition
The challenger conducted 492 deep sea soundings, 133 bottom dredges, 151 open water trawls, 263 serial water temperature observations, and discovered about 4,700 new species of marine life. -
Bathysphere
The bathyspere was created in 1928 by Otis Barton. -
SONAR
A technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels. -
Russian Space Developers
Russia develops the space satellite Sputnik -
BC Eratosthenes
first determined
the world’s circumference by using
observations obtained while looking down a
well on the summer solstice, when the sun is
directly over head at the Tropic of Cancer. -
Vikings
Vikings explore the Artic and Northern Atlantic Ocean around Greenland, Iceland, and Noewfoundland, using the North Star to guide them.