Oceanography Over Time

   


           Over the course of history, oceanography has changed dramatically. For hundreds of years humankind thought that the world was flat and that the oceans suddenly stopped at a certain point. Ferdinand Magellan, however, set out to prove everyone wrong. Magellan set out from Portugal and set out on a voyage to sail around the world. It took close to three years for the expedition to make it back to Portugal and prove that the world was round. Magellan, unfortunately, died along the way in the Philippines. However, proving that the world was round changed the way humankind viewed oceanography forever.