BIO-240 FA5 Chapter 1.2, Diving Deeper 7.2: Ch 1.2, diving deeper 7.2
1 Feb 2017
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1. 2 how was early exploration of the oceans achieved. Ocean travel was developed about 40,000 years ago. It was developed as a means to facilitate trade and interaction between cultures. Major inhabited islands of the pacific region include micronesia, melanesia, and. Islands in the polynesian islands required thousands of kilometers of sea travel, making the voyage very hard. Polynesians may have traveled to fiji, tonga, and samoa as well as islands in hawaii. The phoenicians were the first europeans to develop navigation. Pytheas - determined latitude by measuring the angle between his line of sight to the. North star and line of sight to the northern horizon. Eratosthenes - determined the earth"s circumference by using the a stick and was only. Claudius ptolemy - produced a map of the world that was too small and led columbus to think he landed in india. Christopher columbus - was supposed to find a new route to india, landed in the new.
