Australian Geographic Explorers

Deep Dive!

he first recorded mention of humans going underwater is a legend from 332BCE. Alexander the Great submerged himself in the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. Since then, mankind has worked towards creating a machine that would allow travel under the water, but 1800

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