jacques cousteau (summary)

     jacques cousteau or jacques-yves cousteau born in june 11 1910 in saint ardre-de-cubzac-france. his parent Daniel and Elizebeth cousteau. As a childhood jacques love the sea very much even though he has quite sickly. He learned swimming at age of four and at age 13 he bought a camera because he got a high curiosity about machine. In teenage era 1930 he enter and join french navy as gunnery officer but he still line to take a shot of film with his camera. But in 1933 he suffered a major injured from car accident, so to happened his health, he began swimming daily or exercise. At age of 27 he married with simone melchoin and got two son, named jean-michel and philipe. In 1937 also he and his friend start to invented a diving equipment, such as snorkel horses body suits, and breathing apprathus. He also design for camera cover. During the world-war two, he join a french resistance movement as a spyer of Hitler's allay, resulting, a legion d' honneur, medal, actually the highest honneur given to a civilian. within this era, he also invented a new diving device called 'aqua lug' with cooperated from french engineer but in 1943 he tested. The aqua lug dive down under 60 feet. in golden era 1948 he became a president of french oceangraphic. in 1950 he bought a ship called cylapso to further his exploration. there's no finance sponsor so he try to attract media attention to get money. In his carrier his first book "the silent world" 1953 made him instanst celeb, as well as winning an academy world 1956. in 1955 he won the award and he has sponsored by NGO and french gov, to made a voyage to red sea and Indian ocean.