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The first long-distance ocean crossing in human history and the first humans to reach Remote Oceania. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] Austronesians in Island Southeast Asia establish the Austronesian maritime trade network with Southern India and Sri Lanka , resulting in an exchange of material culture , including boat and sailing technologies and crops like ...
Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America (1754–1783) Timeline of women in warfare in the United States before 1900 (1800s–1898) Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century; Timeline of notable women in World War I; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 to 1949; Women in warfare and the military (1900 ...
Appel and Fuiava were residents of Honolulu, living with two dogs (Zeus and Valentine) aboard their sailboat Sea Nymph. [5] The women said they set sail from Hawaii on May 3, 2017 for an 18-day, [4] 2,700-mile (4,300 km) voyage to Tahiti, [6] but encountered a "force 11 storm" (winds between 56–63 knots (104–117 km/h; 64–72 mph), waves from 37–52 feet (11–16 m)) that same night. [4]
Timeline of maritime migration and exploration; Timeline of the Ming treasure voyages This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 21:48 (UTC). ...
First woman to reach Earth's highest (Mt. Everest 8,848m) and lowest points (Challenger Deep 10,925m) Ida Pfeiffer: Austrian 1797: 1858: Travelled alone around the world in 1847, published books of her numerous travels Dorothy Pine: American 1920: 2011: Possibly first woman to visit all 193 UN-recognised countries Anésia Pinheiro Machado ...
Maritime history is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, shipbuilding, the history of navigation, the history of the various maritime-related sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics and ...
Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed MBE.
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...