History of Maritime

There are 24 hours in a day, so the creators of the time zones are reasoning that the most accurate they need to be is down to the hour. So if we look at the position of the sun every hour for one day, then there are 24 different positions, hence, 24 different times and time zones.

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo represented Spain. He was a Portuguese-born explorer who sailed for Spain and is known for being the first European to explore the coast of present-day California in 1542.

One thing in Louisiana that starts with the letter Y is Youngsville, a city located in the southern part of the state.

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and map maker. Unlike many of his comrades, Vespucci focused his attention on exploring South America. He also looked into many of the islands of the Caribbean.

rom east to west they are Atlantic Standard Time (AST), Eastern Standard Time (EST), Central Standard Time (CST), Mountain Standard Time (MST), Pacific Standard Time (PST), Alaskan Standard Time (AKST), Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST), Samoa standard time (UTC-11) and Chamorro Standard Time (UTC+10).

There have been thousands of shipwrecks throughout history. The exact number is difficult to determine as many have gone unrecorded or have been lost to time.

Imagine the confusion if each state had its own time zone. Or, a country had its own time zone. Or else, the whole world had one time zone. It is 1 am in Japan. In Washington D.C, it is 1 am. Laugh out loud... so, there are 24 time zones set to not confuse anyone.

I don't think you mean the Prime Meridian. I think you mean the Equator, latitude not longitude. King Neptune is, I suspect, what you refer to. The Prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude, the Greenwich Meridian. the Equator is 0 degrees latitude & circles the Earth horizontally.

Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which the late Steve Fossett flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in a time of 67 hours 1 minute from February 28, 2005 until March 3, 2005. The flight speed of 590.7 km/h (342.2 mph) broke the Absolute World Record for the fastest nonstop unrefueled circumnavigation set by the previous Rutan-designed Voyager aircraft at 9 days 3 minutes and an average speed of 186.11 km/h (115.65 mph).

Technically any ship that sinks will, over time, have effect on the environment. It provides a place for coral and barnacles to grow, attracting fish, shark, and other marine life to an area that may not have been flourishing before the ship sank.

The General Slocum left from Manhattan, New York. It was picking a group of people from a Lutheran Church (mostly women and children and their neighbors and friends) at 9:00 AM-the people who boarded General Slocum were from Little Germany in Manhattan. Some were German immigrants and some were half German.

Hawaii was first settled by Polynesians from other Pacific islands around the 4th century AD. However, British explorer James Cook is credited with the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands in 1778.

I think that it would be nice if you found human remains that you would have to call in someone like a marine archaeologist to take a look, which is similar to the procedure you have to go through if you find something like that on land. Then they could gather any remains and bury them or whatever before allowing further work to continue. That seems like it would cause delays and costs, but at least it wouldn't permanently stop people from working.

Declaring all shipwrecks burial sites automatically seems like it would get in the way of lots of other things, like people who are engaged in salvage or even in trying to clean up ocean pollution. Additionally, you encounter massive complications trying to make any rules in international waters, because no specific country's rules apply.

Thor Heyerdahl's raft, named Kon-Tiki, was made from balsa wood logs lashed together with hemp rope. The raft was primarily constructed using traditional Peruvian techniques to replicate the ancient vessels that were believed to have been used by pre-Columbian South American civilizations.

Our best guess from a modern attempt at duplication is about 50 tonnes.

A map, any map is a drawing of an area as seen from above. It is important that it has a scale, which is measureable & constant. It has to be oriented, that it it is known which way is up, so to speak. Therefore Scale & Direction are important features. Different types of map are able to show different things: Rainfall, temprature, air,pressure, all sort of variables.

Bartolomeu Dias got to the Cape of Good Hope by mistake on his journey back to Portugel- he saw it by surprise when they were sailing passed. At this time, they were heading home after only getting half way to Africa, because the crew told Dias that they refused to go any further.

There is no specific information available about Bartolomeu Dias's personal hobbies or interests outside of his exploration and sailing activities. However, it is known that he was a skilled navigator and explorer who played a significant role in Portuguese maritime history by becoming the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

I wrote about him and he died in 1500. We don't know the day yet.

Bartolomeu Dias sailed around Africa in order to find a direct sea route from Europe to Asia. His mission was part of Portugal's efforts to establish a maritime route to facilitate trade with the lucrative markets of the East. This voyage ultimately paved the way for future explorers, such as Vasco da Gama, to reach India by sea.

The first person to die on the Mayflower voyage was William Butten, a young servant boy. He passed away around November 6, 1620, just a few days after the ship arrived at Cape Cod.

The first double hull ship, known as the "Oregon," was built in 1891. This design innovation improved the ship's safety by providing an additional layer of protection against hull damage and oil spills. Double hull ships have since become standard in the marine industry.

One disadvantage of mariners is the inherent risk and danger of being at sea for extended periods of time. Mariners face the possibility of encountering rough weather, rough seas, and other hazardous conditions that can put their lives in jeopardy. Additionally, being away from family and loved ones for long periods of time can also be a significant disadvantage for mariners.

• Charts
• Calculators
• Slide Rules
• Tables (logarithms, etc.)
• Dividers
• Nautical Almanacs
• Parallel Rules
• compass rose
• Chip Log and Sand Glass
• Sounding Line
• Radar
• Sonar
• Back Staff
• Cross Staff
• Kamal
• Watch or clock (Marine Chornometer)
• Mariner's Astrolabe
• Quadrant
• Sextant
• Pelorus
• Bearing Compass
• Magnetic Compass
• Nocturnal
• Ring Dial or astronomical ring
• LORAN
• GPS