"Meteorological Service in Fifteenth Century Sandwich"
Minstrels (or waits) in the 15th century Port of Sandwich walked the streets at night and woke mariners with information about wind directions…
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searoute, ocean
sea
Plastic Planet
A global view of the age of plastic, from its beginnings to the increasingly serious implications it has for humans and the environment.
Opening of the Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is completed under French supervision and becomes one of the world’s most important waterways.
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"Blue Plan" for Mediterranean environmental protection
The 1976 Barcelona Convention for Protection against Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea is established.
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John Franklin Surveys Canadian Arctic
Franklin makes his second expedition to the Canadian Arctic in the hope of finding a shorter sea route from Europe to Asia.
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