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There was wildlife, untouched, a jungle at the border of the sea, never seen by those who floated on the opaque roof. Describing his early experience, in 1936, when a fellow naval officer, Philippe Tailliez, gave him goggles to see below the Mediterranean Sea surface.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
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