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This is a timeline of events in maritime history. * About 45,000 BC: first humans arrive in Australia, presumably by boat * About 6,000 BC: earliest evidence of dugout canoes〔1000 Inventions and Discoveries, by Roger Bridgman〕 * 5th millennium BC: earliest known depiction of a sailing boat〔Carter, Robert "Boat remains and maritime trade in the Persian Gulf during the sixth and fifth millennia BC"''Antiquity'' Volume 80 No.307 March 2006 ()〕 * About 2,000 BC: * * Hannu travels to the Land of Punt * * Austronesian people migrate from Taiwan to Indonesia, preceding the colonization of Polynesia * 1575-1520 BC Dover Bronze Age Boat, oldest known plank vessel, was built * about 1175 BC: Battle of the Delta, one of the first recorded naval battles * 1194-1174 BC: supposed timespan for the events of Homer's ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey''. * Around 600 BC: according to Herodotus, Necho II sends Phoenician expedition to circumnavigate Africa * 542 BC: first written record of a trireme * 5th century BC: Hanno the Navigator explores the coast of West Africa * 480 BC: Battle of Salamis, arguably the largest naval battle in ancient times * 247 BC: Lighthouse of Alexandria completed * 214 BC: Lingqu Canal built * 31 BC: Battle of Actium decides the Final War of the Roman Republic * About 200: Junks are developed in China. * 793: The raid of Lindisfarne, first recorded Viking raid * 984: Pound locks used in China; See Technology of the Song Dynasty * About 1000: Leif Ericson reaches North America, first recorded crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. * 1025: Chola invasion of Srivijaya * 1088: ''Dream Pool Essays'' by Shen Kuo, first description of a magnetic compass * 1159: Lübeck is rebuilt, and the Hanseatic League is founded. * About 1190: Alexander Neckam writes the first European description of a magnetic compass. * 13th century: Portolan charts are introduced in the Mediterranean. * About 1280: Polynesian settlers arrive at New Zealand, the last major landmass to be populated. * 1274: First Mongol invasion of Japan * 1325-1354: Ibn Batuta visits much of Africa and Asia. * 1405: Zheng He's expeditions begins. ==Age of Discovery== * 1488: Bartolomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope. * 1492: Christopher Columbus' first voyage, first recorded non-Arctic crossing of the Atlantic * 1497: John Cabot reaches North American mainland, as first European since the Vikings. * 1498 * * Vasco da Gama completes the first voyage from Europe to India. * * Columbus reaches continental South America. * 1513: Jorge Álvares completes the first voyage from Europe to China. * 1522: Ferdinand Magellan's last ship arrives in Europe, first recorded circumnavigation, and crossing of the Pacific Ocean * 1571: Battle of Lepanto, last major naval battle fought entirely between galleys. * 1580: Francis Drake returns home from Nehalem Bay, Oregon to become the 1st circumnavigation by an Englishman. * 1588: The Spanish Armada is destroyed, shifting naval superiority to England. * 1602: The Dutch East India Company is founded. * 1606: Willem Janszoon becomes the first European to reach Australia. * 1620: Cornelis Drebbel constructs the first submarine. * 1628: The ''Vasa'' sinks in Stockholm harbour on its maiden voyage. * 1736: John Harrison tests the first successful marine chronometer. * 1757: First sextant constructed * 1771: James Cook completes the first circumnavigation without casualties to scurvy. * 1790: Battle of Svensksund, the last major battle with participation of galleys. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maritime timeline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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