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Oceanography may be one of the newest fields of
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others exploring the oceans in the
ancient
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areas of study in economics discovering that the world is
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surface
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Modern oceanography began as
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Voyages of Exploration and Science
The
ancient oceans Age of Discovery
About 650 years ago, European explorers turned
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to the sea to find faster trade routes to cities
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circuits in Asia and Europe. Prince Henry the Navigator of
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center of learning
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Mariners came to the center
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currents
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early 1700s.
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20th century
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which killed large numbers of people.
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(mainly
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their empires
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materials, colonies or trade,
adobe and for
spices from the East Indies, which they
characteristics believed would help cure the Plague.
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