Marine Bio: History Of Oceanology

• -finding a new place to live
• -conquesr new lands for the country
• -trade/ acquire more resources from other countries
• -to create more routes so that it can be easier to travel
• -to find food
• -explore and discover to expand knowledge
• -for national pride

• -to discover marine life
• -harvest natural resources 
• -asses human impact. (How are we screwing up our planet?)
• -Minimize human impact (save lives and to be prepared for natural disasters.

each conducted trade

B/c of serpents and singing sirens.

calculates the circumference of the earth.

Helped establish bounderies, including longitudes, latitudes which were used for 1200 years

They explored Atlantic and settled in greenland and iceland. Made improvements with ship designs.

gained more knowledge of winds and currents and established trade routes in Indian Ocean

Navigation improved as charts began to document hazards and mileage scales. 

(used portolanus which are charts that included mileage scales)

• very isolate.
• voyages were not very prevelent

driven by national pride

greedy. wanted more land, gold and goods

• led 4 expeditions to find better routes.
• Landing in the carribeans when he thought he was in india

• mission was to sail around the world
• killed by the philippines. 

Expedition was a success...but he did not make it.

• funded by Q.E. to sail proudly with the british flag.
• attacked spanish vessels and stole golds and goods
• Q.E. knighted him