Oceans

By mmmsdelsol
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Ocean Exploration History

    This timeline starts at the 0 mark in history to show how exploration has changed and evolved as technology has advanced.
  • Nov 1, 1535

    First True Diving Bell

    The first true diving bell was created by Guglielmo de Lorena. This diving bell had enough air to keep someone underwater for an hour.
  • Nov 1, 1578

    First Plans for a Submarine

    The very first plans for a submarine are formulated by William Bourne.

  • First Submarine

    Cornelis Drebbel builds the worlds first submarine. He makes several trips of about 15-20 feet below sea level. It was made of wood and and iron; on the inside, it was covered with leather. The submarine had about twelve oarmen.

  • First Air-Replenished Diving Bell

    Edmund Halley figures out how to replenish a diving bell. He figured that you have to send wighted barrels of air down to the diving bell.

  • First Waterproof Suit

    Chevalier de Beauve delopes the first water proof suit. This includes lead shoes and two leather tubes for air.

  • First Enclosed Diving Device

    John Lethbridge develops the very firs, completly enclosed, one-man diving suit. It includes a glass window to see through and two arm holes with watertight sleeves.

  • First Diving Helmet

    Sieur Freminet inventes a helment were a ube is connected and air is pummed through the tube to the helmet. He is able to stay underwater for an hour.

  • First use of Scuba Gear

    The first use of scuba gear happened. This was a completly enclosed body device.

  • First Modern Sounding

    Sir James Clark Ross conducted the first deep water sounding.

  • Ideas on Deep Sea Life

    Edward Forbes, a British Naturalist, beviles that life can't exist below 300 ft. This causes a 20 year debate.

  • Discovery of Deep Sea Life

    Edward Forbes' theory of no deep sea life was questioned when the US surveys the coast and finds indications of sea life more than 6000 ft. below sea level.

  • Chart of the Gulf Stream

    The first chart of the Gulf Stream was created by the US.

  • Abundance of Deep Sea Life

    Charles Wyville Thomson discovers Deep Sea life more than 14,400 ft. below sea level.

  • Voyage of the H.M.S Challenger

    Based off of Charles Darwin's work, The Challenger sails on a four year trip while it explorersunder and above water.

  • First Oceanography-Based Reaserch Vessel

    The Albatross, the first reaserch vessel for oceanography is created. This was meant for serious reaserch.

  • Titanic

    The Titanic, supposed to be able to survive any inccident, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean.

  • Woods Hole Oceanography Institute

    In Cape Cod the Woods Hole Oceanography Institute is founded.

  • Sono-Bouy Invention

    Reaserchers develop a sono-bouy to eliminate a need for any stations.

  • Live Coelacanth Disovered

    A living Coelacanth, thought to be extinct since the dinosaurs, was found as a five foot living fish.

  • First Modern Scuba

    Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan develop the first modern scuba so poeple can stay underwater for extended periods of time for reaserch.

  • Deepest Ocean Point Found

    A british ship challenger 2 uses sonar to discover the deepest point in the ocean nearly seven miles down.

  • Deepest Ocean Dive

    The deepest ocean dive is conducted by Jacques Piccard and two other men. They go down to about a depth of 35,797 ft. below sea level.

  • First Underwater Habitat

    An experiment is conducted where Jacques Cousteau and his reaserchteam stay below water for seven days at 33 ft. below sea level.

  • First Underwater Robot

    The first robot created to go underwater carrying lights and cammras.

  • Hydrothermal Vents Discovered

    Scalding vents that shoot hot wter are discovered.

  • Titanic

    The titanic was found at thebottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.