Eddie Foster History of Oceanography

Copper Hooks

Feb 27, 1000

The first recorded use of copper hooks as tools for catching fish (5000 B.C.)

Hisotry of Oceanography

Period: Feb 27, 1000 to Feb 27, 2012

First Recorded Exploration

Feb 27, 1025

The first sea voyage ever recorded. Went from Egypt to the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea (3200 B.C.)

Alexander the Great

Feb 27, 1150

Alexander the great started his journey to where the land met the sea. He and his troops expected to battle sea monsters but all they found were the tides. This was the first observation of tides

Dried Fish

Feb 27, 1200

Dried fish were traded in the persian gulf (1200 BC)

Leif erikson

Feb 27, 1250

Leif Erikson and the vikings sailed from Greenland to North America ( 1002 ad.)

Eratosthenes

Feb 27, 1300

First person to attempt and map the world and try to figure out the diameter. (264-194 B.C.)

Pliny the Elder

Feb 27, 1350

Pliny the Elder connected the tides with the moon for the first time, (40 A.D.)

Prince Henry the Navigator

Feb 27, 1450

Prince Henry sent expeditions down the West coast of Africa.

Bartholomew

Feb 27, 1487

bartholomew and his crew were the first to round the Cape of Good Hope

Columbus

Feb 27, 1492

Christopher Columbus discovers american

The Chinease

Feb 27, 1500

The Chinease were undoubtedly the most technolgicaly advanced nation in the world. They were so advanced that they eventually stopped exploration and trading because no other nation could offer them anything worth trading for

Vasco Nunez

Feb 27, 1513

Vasco Nunez crosses Isthmus and enters the pacific ocean from Europe

Navigation around the World

Feb 27, 1519

Magellan was the first person to attempt to sail around the entire earth. This brought up controversy because it was believed that the earth was flat. He did not complete the journey because he was eaten by cannibals but his crew did finish.

Newton

Mar 6, 1600

Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity helped explain the tides along with the moon. This was later published for the world to know

James Cook

Feb 27, 1779

First person to ever take soundings and understand the ocean

The Challenger

Feb 27, 1872

The Challenger was the first ship to go out into the sea that had the sole purpose of trying to discover new things and take different readings if the ocean.

ICES

Feb 27, 1902

ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) were oragnized to fund and promote sea exploration.

Continental Drift

Feb 27, 1915

Alfred Wegener hypothesized the theory of continental drift.

NOAA

Feb 27, 1969

NOAA was established to monitor exploration on the water.

poseidon

Feb 27, 1992

Satelite launched to monitor changes and information in the worlds oceans.