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  1. MrRING

    The Female Aquanauts Of Tektite II

    I wasn't previously aware of this cool event in scientific exploration! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-aquanauts-tektite-ii Some of the ladies (as well as folks who were in Tektite I) get talked to here:
    • MrRING
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    • 1970 alina szmant ann hartline aquanauts explorers harvard university nasa oceanography peggy lucas bond peter szmant pioneers renate true sylvia earle the aquarius reef base the sea the tektite project the virgin islands tulane university
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    • Forum: The Human Condition
  2. maximus otter

    Astronaut’s Map Leads Treasure Hunters To "Columbus' Anchor"

    RESEARCHERS have used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean — a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one of Christopher Columbus’s ships. Analysis of the anchor, which was found off the Turks and Caicos Islands, reveals that it dates to between 1492 and...
    • maximus otter
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    • 1492 2018 anchors astronauts christopher columbus darrell miklos explorers gordon cooper maps martin alonso pinzon pioneers ships & shipping shipwrecks the carribean sea the turks and caicos islands treasure hunting vicente yanez pinzon
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
  3. K

    Christopher Columbus: Birthplace & Burial

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1280700,00.html
    • KeyserXSoze
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    • 1492 1877 burials christopher columbus columbus lighthouse monument explorers historical mysteries santa maria cathedral santo domingo seville ships spain the dominican republic the sea tombs valladolid
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: General Forteana
  4. A

    Mallory: First To Conquer Everest?

    So, what do you FTers think? Did George Mallory conquer Everest decades before Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing, despite dying in the attempt? Were you convinced by the FT story?
    • Anonymous
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    • 1924 explorers george mallory historical mysteries mount everest mountaineering mountains pioneers sandy irvine
    • Replies: 91
    • Forum: General Forteana
  5. A

    The Vinland Map

    Map of Vinland carbon dated The article is available online at http://www.radiocarbon.org.
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