9.Example Navigation Leg
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sailing/
10.Early Ocean MappingPolynesians
11.
12.Mediterranean Cultures
6000 BP Egyptians boats with oars
3100-2850 BP Phoenicians travel through Mediterranean & up to England
Mediterranean wide maritime trade
Coastal settlements
Coastal navigation
16.Mediterranean Cultures
6000 BP Egyptians boats with oars
3100-2850 BP Phoenicians travel through Mediterranean & up to England
Mediterranean wide maritime trade
Coastal settlements
Coastal navigation
Greek and Roman Civilizations
20.Middle Ages
Chinese Invent Magnetic Compass
Vikings and Basque Travel to N. America
Arabs cross navigate Indian Ocean
Christopher Columbus “Discovers” America
Juan Sebastian Elcano – First Round the World voyage (24 of 260 sailors)
James Cook’s Voyages (chronometer)
21.
22.
23.Chronometer for Longitude
24.Lemons for Scurvey
25.
26.Benjamin Franklin & Timothy Folger (1769)
27.
28.Voyage of the HMS Beagle 1831-1836
29.Evolution of
Coral Reefs
Fringe reefs
Barrier reefs
Atolls
30.Edward Forbes (1840’s)
Bottom Dredging in E. Mediterranean
8 Depth zones, based on different organisms
AZOIC Zone below 600m
Azoic Theory
Too cold, too dark, no oxygen
No Life
31.Challenger Expedition(1872 – 1876)
HMS Challenger
226’ fixed rig Corvette
230 crewmembers; 7 Scientists
125000 km
Objectives
Map Ocean’s bottom
Investigate the Azoic Zone
Search for ‘Primitive Organisms’ (stable environment)
Study Bathybeus haecklii (Huxley); “primordial slime”
32.HMS Challenger
33.HMS CHALLENGER 1872 – 1876
34.
35.
36.Challenger Expedition(1872 – 1876)
Scientific Results - 50 Volumes (23 Years)
Extensive Bathymetric Maps
No Azoic zone
Found temperature variability in deep waters (not all 4 oC)
No Evidence of “primitive fauna”
Description of 4717 new species
Bathybeus haecklii = Alcohol precipitate of carbon sulphate
Discovery Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Marianas Trench
48.Ocean Resources
Fisheries
Transportation & Trade
Military Use
Offshore Oil, Gas & Minerals
Recreation & Aesthetics
49.Law of the Sea Treaty - 1973
Territorial Seas - 12 nm
Procedures for Ocean boundaries
Right of Free Passage through Straits
Exclusive Economic Zones
200 nm
Can extend out to 350nm
Jurisdiction over:
Fisheries
Pollution
Scientific Research
Mineral Resources
50.www.whoi.edu
51.South China Territorial Claims
52.
53.www.bbc.co.uk/
54.Production (
million tonnes)
50
100
1800
1840
1880
1920
1960
2000
Year
EEZs Claims
Global Trend in Fishery Landings
55.Fishery induced changes in world fish composition