Calypso

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Jacques Cousteau peers out from a two-man underwater observation chamber on the deck of the Calypso, docked beside an industrial building in New York City, 1959.

Calypso

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Jacques Cousteau
…a British minesweeper into the Calypso, an oceanographic research ship, aboard which he and his crew carried out numerous expeditions. Cousteau eventually popularized oceanographic research and the sport of scuba diving in the book Le Monde du silence (1953; The Silent World), written with Frédéric Dumas. In 1956 he adapted…
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…a British minesweeper into the Calypso, an oceanographic research ship, aboard which he and his crew carried out numerous expeditions. Cousteau eventually popularized oceanographic research and the sport of scuba diving in the book Le Monde du silence (1953; The Silent World), written with Frédéric Dumas. In 1956 he adapted…
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Mediterranean Sea
Study and exploration
…observations of the French vessel Calypso (1955–60).
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…observations of the French vessel Calypso (1955–60).
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