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Maritime history dates back thousands of years. In ancient maritime history, [1] evidence of maritime trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia. [2] The first prehistoric boats are presumed to have been dugout canoes which were developed independently by various Stone Age populations.
From the discovery of a passage from Europe to India to the first European to set foot in the New World, this list chronicles some of the most important feats of maritime exploration in history. Ten of the most important ocean explorers in recorded history are on this list.
Although human maritime exploration is very ancient, only explorers known in recorded histories of their cultures are noted here. As such they represent three global maritime regions (in English alphabetic order): the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and their sub-regional seas as points of origin of the exploration missions.
Seafaring Austronesian peoples establish the Austronesian maritime trade network, the first true maritime trade network in the Indian Ocean. It established trade routes with Southern India and Sri Lanka, East Asia, the Arabian peninsula, and Eastern Africa. It later became part of the Spice Trade and the Maritime Silk Road. 1500-300 BCE
10 Famous Maritime Explorers From the discovery of a passage from Europe to India to the first European to set foot in the New World, this list chronicles some of the most important feats of maritime exploration in history.
Arthur C. Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008), – discovered the underwater ruins of the Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Barry Clifford (born 30 May 1945), – American underwater archaeological explorer. Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French marine biologist and explorer. Clive Cussler (15 July 1931 – 24 February ...
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