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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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11 June 1910 - 25 June 1997
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An outstanding explorer of the depths of the world's oceans, a talented director who managed to reveal to many viewers the beauty of the underwater world, Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910 in the French province of Bordeaux. His whole life was closely connected with the sea. From 1930, Jacques-Yves Cousteau served in the Navy and was the head of the underwater research group. In the future, fascinated by the idea of studying the underwater world, he assembles his own team, together
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An outstanding explorer of the depths of the world's oceans, a talented director who managed to reveal to many viewers the beauty of the underwater world, Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910 in the French province of Bordeaux. His whole life was closely connected with the sea. From 1930, Jacques-Yves Cousteau served in the Navy and was the head of the underwater research group. In the future, fascinated by the idea of studying the underwater world, he assembles his own team, together with which the ship "Callipso" plows the expanses of the oceans.
His first book “In the World of Silence” and the documentary filmed on it brought the researcher worldwide fame and were awarded the “Oscar” and “Golden Palm” of the Cannes Film Festival. In the future, Jacques-Yves Cousteau became the creator of the most popular television series about the depths of the sea "Underwater Odyssey Cousteau", "Amazon", "Discovering the world again",
"Underwater world of Jacques Cousteau" And many others.
Jacques Cousteau is considered the creator of the first prototype of scuba diving, as well as the developer of a special television system that allows you to conduct full-fledged underwater shooting.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau died at the age of 87 from a heart attack, but the Cousteau Society and his French partner, Team Cousteau, are still active today. /