-stick charts to show waves and currents around islands (shells) from micronesia
-settled island off the pacific
Phoenicians
-traveled as far as the Indian ocean
-meditteranean region
-first to take journeys to trade
Greeks
(Pytheas)
(Eratosthanes)
pytheas-latitude and longitude using the northern horizon and north star
erasthanes- first to accuratly determine the circumference of the earth
Romans (what was significant about the map created by ptolomy)
used latitude and longitude
Vikings
(What did eric the red discover)
(where did leif erikson land)
-conquered iceland
eric the red discovered greenland
erikson landed in Vinland (N America)
Chinese
-traveled as far as africa
-larger more advanced ships )5 masts, compasses, and charts)
Europeans
1(who reached southern tip of africa)
2(where did vasco de gama sail)
3(where and WHEN did christopher columbus sail)
4(who was the first to circumnavigate the globe)
1.bartholomea diaz
2. around africa to india (new trade route)
3.san salvador (bahamas), 1492
Captain James Cook
-made 3 voyages
-made accurate maps with a marine chronometer
Benjamin Franklin
(what did his nephew do)
-drew a map of the gulf stream which he printed and distributed in 1777 (helped to shorten voyages)
Matthew Fontaine Maury
-known as father of oceanography
-standard methods for marine data collecting and recording
-first oceanography textbook
HMS challenger
-full scale expiation to gather data about marine life
-4,717 new species
-marianas trench (water depth)
Fridtjof Nansen
-sailed on the Fram
-sailed across the north pole (did not make his original journey)