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He is noted for devising a map system based on latitude and longitude lines and computing the size of the Earth.
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Thanks to Prince Henry's patronage, Portuguese ships sailed to the Madeira Islands
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was the first European to sail across the Pacific Ocean
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sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
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lead a scientific expedition that would sail to the island of Tahiti in the south Pacific
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Sonar is a system that uses transmitted and reflected underwater sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects or measure the distances underwater
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gathered observations from 362 stations and made 492 deep surroundings and 133 dredgings.
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made its first dives in 1930. On June 11, 1930, it reached a depth of 400 m, or about 1,300 feet, and in 1934
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thought the thermometer could become an important aid to navigation, particularly to ships sailing in or near the Gulf Stream.
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Over the next 19 years Maury devoted himself to studying the winds, clouds, weather, and ocean features
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propounded the geocentric theory in a form that prevailed for 1400 years
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first Greek to visit and describe the British Isles, and the Atlantic coast of Europe.
