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The map is possibly the first recorded use of the term English Channel and the description suggests the name had recently been adopted. [ 9 ] In the sixteenth century, Dutch maps referred to the sea as the Engelse Kanaal (English Channel) and by the 1590s, William Shakespeare used the word Channel in his history plays of Henry VI , suggesting ...
First Norwegian to swim the English Channel. [citation needed] England to France China Zhang Jian 2001 11:56 First person from China to swim the English Channel. [65] [66] [67] England to France Barbados Chris Gibbs 2003 11:30 First person from a Caribbean country to swim the English Channel. Aged 58, and member of The Merrymen Calypso band. [68]
In 1925, the Women's Swimming Association sponsored Helen Wainwright and Ederle for an attempt at swimming across the English Channel. Helen Wainwright cancelled due to an injury, so Ederle decided to go to France on her own. She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the English Channel 22 times. [12]
Though pitted by troughs and rivers, the English Channel was almost mainly land at the height of the last ice age. [6] The predominant geology of both and of the seafloor is chalk. Although somewhat resistant to erosion, erosion of both coasts has created the famous white cliffs of Dover in the UK and the Cap Blanc Nez in France.
According to the official rules of swimming the English Channel, all support staff must stay on the pilot’s boat and only hand the swimmer water and food via a pole, being careful to not make ...
The New York Times and several Danish newspapers reported on the swim. [13] Amelia Gade Corson and her children in the New York Times newspaper shortly after her swim. Gade sailed to New York City aboard the RMS Aquitania, [14] and was welcomed by a ticker-tape parade. [15] Gade was the first mother and second woman to swim the Channel. [15] [14]
It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first tried in 1978 at age 28, twice more in 2011, and then finally achieved in 2013 at age 64. ... The decision to depart from ...
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