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Jan 4, 1427
Prince Henry the Explorer
Prince Henry funded and supported the explosion of ocean trade and exploration in Portugal, including building ports in strategic trade areas. The explorations led to many island discoveries. -
Apr 27, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
The first man to voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and his voyage was the first to circumnavigate the world although Magellan didn't finish the voyage. -
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake led the first English Circumnavigation of the world. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin discovered the exsistance and gathered information on the Gulf Stream off of Florida. -
James Cook
Made detailed maps of Newfoundland and also was the first British to make contact with Australia, Hawaiian Islands, and NewZealand. He also discovered many new islands for the British as well as being a renowned cartographer. -
Matthew Maury
Nicknamed Scientist of the Seas, Maury changed oceanography forever with the release of his book, Physical Geography of the Sea. -
The Challenger Expedition
The expedition went for 70,000 nautical miles, and was summarized in Report Of The Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 where it was found that they discovered 4000 new species. -
Charles Darwin
Went on an expedition to the Galapagoes Islands and wrote his the book On the Origin of Species -
Pytheas (325 B.C.)
A greek explorer who explored Great Britian and was the first to figure out tides were caused by the moon. -
SONAR
An acronym for Sound Navigation and Ranging, SONAR emits sound recepts sounds to navigate and discover where things are. This invention has led to discoveries such as thermoclines. -
Bathyshpere
The first submercible a small spherical tank that was unpowered and lowered into the water by a cord. It's first manned launch was on this date and reached 803 ft. -
Jacques Piccard
Piccard and his father launch an improved version of the Bathysphere and reached a depths of 10,168 ft. -
Eratosthenes (276 BC-195 BC)
Invented the system of longitude and latitude and also estimated the measure of the earth's circumference which helped the mapping system of the world. -
Subglacial Water System
Discovery that warm subglacial water is all connected in a vast system of lakes and rivers. -
Ptolemy
Ptolemy published a fairly accurate map of the known world at the time and also used longitude and latitude in his maps.
