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100
This group of explorers sailed early in history but did not leave any people behind or colonize the nations they visited
Who are the Chinese?
100
Charles Darwin is most famous for charting the coastline of this continent
What is South America?
100
This man is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
100
This founding father of America was the first to map the Gulf Stream
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This was invented by Jacque Piccard and Don Walsch
What is a bathyscaphe?
200
This group of explorers 'discovered' North America around 900-1000 CE
Who are the vikings?
200
This man published an accurate map of the Mediterranean circa 450 BCE
Who is Herodotus?
200
These people were referred to as the 'purple people'
Who are the Phoenicians?
200
This was the first satellite dedicated solely to oceanic research
What is SeaSat?
200
This group of peoples are credited with inventing the lateen sail
Who are Arab and Islamic merchants?
300
These two men are still the only two humans to visit the bottom of the Marianas Trench
Who are Jacque Piccard and Don Walsch?
300
The Egyptians built this canal that was still used up to 775 CE
What is the Isthmus of Suez?
300
This scientist proposed the first scientific theory for the formation of coral reefs
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
These vessels are typically unmanned and can stay submerged longer than manned submersibles
What are ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles)?
300
This expedition discovered the Marianas Trench
What is the HMS Challenger?
400
This man calculated the circumference of earth circa 200 BCE
Who is Eratosthenes?
400
An expedition led by this captain was the first to sail every ocean on the planet
Who is James Cook?
400
This woman was considered the first martyr for science
Who is Hypatia?
400
This man was killed by a group of indigenous Hawaiians on Valentine's Day, 1779
Who is James Cook?
400
This group of 'island-hopping' people discovered and colonized New Zealand, Easter Island, and Hawaii
Who are the Polynesians?
500
These people sailed around the continent of Africa circa 590 BCE
Who are the Phoenicians?
500
This is considered to be the first university in the world
What is the Library at Alexandria?
500
This explorer sailed for Portugal and established trade routes to India
Who is Vasco de Gama?
500
The Challenger expedition was written up in a ________ volume work of writings
What is 50 volumes?
500
This man finished writing up the lengthy work on the findings of the HMS Challenger?
Who is John Murray?