ocean funfest

By blocks
  • 276

    eratosthenes

    invented latitude and longitude
  • 325

    Pytheas concludes waves are caused by the moon

    bc
  • Jan 5, 1434

    Henry the Navigator

    responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. passed cape bajador in 1434
  • Jan 7, 1522

    ferdinand magellan

    went to atlantic ocean

  • james cook

    join royal navy in 1755

  • Benjamin Franklin Discovers Atlantic Ocean currents

  • Matthew Maury

    Known as "pathfinder of the sea"
    published the first extensive books on the geography of the sea.

  • challenger expedition

    The challenger set sail for discovery and science

  • Sonar Devised

  • bathysphere

    a spherical vessel for underwater discovery.
    attatched to a cable.
    first devised in 1928