Alexander The Great, The First Submariner?
Alexander The Great is considered to be the first submariner, some 332 year BC.
Aristotle (384-322 BC) the Greek philosopher recorded that Alexander The Great used some sort of diving bells in the siege of Tyre.
A few early histories describe him submerging in some sort of glass barrel and seeing sea monsters and other fantastic sights. ”He entered into a glass case covered with asses’ skins, that had a door that could be made fast closed with chains and a ring. Upon descending he took with him such food as was necessary, and two friends for company.”
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Monaco |
1962 |
New York zoological society Bathysphere and King Alexander the Great |
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Monaco |
1962 |
New York zoological society Bathysphere and King Alexander the Great |
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Monaco |
1962 |
New York zoological society Bathysphere and King Alexander the Great |
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Greece |
1977 |
King Alexander The Great diving bell/submersible 332 BC |
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Turks and Caicos Is. |
1996 |
Alexander the great decends to ocean bottom,332 BC |
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