Who led the earliest bathymetric studies?
a. Captain James Cook
b. Posidonius
c. Scientists of the HMS Challenger
d. Aristotle
ANS: B
Although Captain Cook and the scientists of the Challenger did conduct some bathymetric studies, it
began with Posidonius in ancient Greece. He did his studies in 85 BCE in the Mediterranean. His crew
used 2 kilometers of rope with a stone at one end. Information can be found in the section Ocean Floor
Is Mapped by Bathymetry.
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