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According to Greek historian Thucydides, diving was being used in the Siege of Syracuse, where Greeks dove to prevent losing their ships
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The Greek geographer Ptolemy creates a map of the ancient world, and was one of the first maps to include latitude and longitude. It was lost to society but later found in around 1410.
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The Vikings begin exploring and inhabiting many different places near Iceland. Thy are among the first to use stars as navigation.
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William Bourne, a mathematician draws up plans for an underwater boat that would be rowed from the inside. The exterior would be leather, and the interior wood. If one was ever built is unkown.
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Chevalier de Beauve, a French Navy man, develops a waterproof suit where air is supplied from the surface by two tubes in the helmet.
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The Nautilus is a submarine that was first built by a man by the name of Robert Fulton. It is wooden with a rudder system that is still in use to this day.
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William James designs a scuba gear to help people breathe underwater.
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The French Navy engineers a submarine called the Gymnote, the first electric sub that was fully functional. Before it reached its limit, it competed about 200 dives.
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The Meteor sails all around the Atlantic Ocean taking measurements of the floor with echo sound. This is how we discovered the shape of the ocean floor.
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The first modern scuba system is invented by modifying a breathing regulator. It was created by Jacques Cousteau.
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Created by the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC), the auto sub was built to map out oceans and was the first of its kind
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A Japanese crew is the first to film a giant squid live in its natural habitat.
