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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ k uː ˈ s t oʊ /, also UK: / ˈ k uː s t oʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
2 apr 2024 · Jacques Cousteau, French naval officer, ocean explorer, and coinventor of the Aqua-Lung, known for his extensive undersea investigations. His efforts led to numerous books, television programs, and films, including the Academy Award-winning The Silent World (1957).
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23 giu 2017 · The inventions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. No pioneer has inspired more humans to dive into the underwater world of our oceans than Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who died 20 years ago. In his...
26 giu 2017 · Prima pagina. Cultura. Personaggi. piccole storie di grandi naturalisti. Jacques-yves Cousteau, l’inventore. Alfonso Lucifredi 26 Giu 2017. Il nome di Cousteau è diventato negli anni sinonimo di avventura, di esplorazione marina e di ricerca scientifica nel misterioso mondo degli abissi.
- Alfonso Lucifredi
- Who Was Jacques Cousteau?
- Early Life and Family
- Famed Explorer and Inventing The Aqua-Lung
- Literature, Cinema, TV and Later Expeditions
- Death
Undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung, a breathing device for scuba-diving, in 1943. In 1945, he started the French Navy's undersea research group. In 1951, he began going on yearly trips to explore the ocean on the Calypso. Cousteau recorded his trips on the TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. In 1996, the Caly...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born in the village of Saint-André-de-Cubzac, in southwestern France, on June 11, 1910. The younger of two sons born to Daniel and Elizabeth Cousteau, he suffered from stomach problems and anemia as a young child. At age 4, Cousteau learned to swim and started a lifelong fascination with water. As he entered adolescence, h...
During World War II, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Cousteau and his family took refuge in the small town of Megreve, near the Swiss border. For the first few years of the war, he quietly continued his underwater experiments and explorations. In 1943, he met Emile Gagnan, a French engineer who shared his passion for discovery. Around this time, comp...
After struggling for financing to conduct his voyages, Cousteau soon realized he needed to attract media attention to make people aware of what he was doing and why it was so important. In 1953, he published the book The Silent World,which was later made into an award-winning film. This success allowed him to finance another expedition to the Red S...
On January 8, 1996, Calypsowas accidentally rammed by barge and sank in Singapore Harbor. Cousteau tried to raise money to build a new vessel, but died unexpectedly in Paris on June 25, 1997, at the age of 87. His estate and the foundation fell into dispute among his survivors. Most of the legal disputes were settled by 2000, when his son, Jean-Mic...
25 giu 1997 · Born June 11, 1910 - Died June 25, 1997. Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan together invented the modern demand regulator used in underwater diving. Their invention allowed for the equipment known as the Aqualung, or self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), enabling safer and deeper dives.
22 nov 2021 · The man who taught humans to breathe like fish. Jacques Cousteau’s invention of the Aqua-Lung opened the undersea realm to scientists and the public. By Rachel Hartigan. November 22, 2021.
