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Anita Conti

Anita Conti (Armenian: Անիթա Գոնթի; née Caracotchian) (17 May 1899 – 25 December 1997) was a French-Armenian explorer and photographer, and the first female oceanographer in France. Between the two World Wars, she began drawing the first fishing maps, when only navigation charts were available. Her scientific activity helped to rationalise deep-sea fishing practices and revolutionised aquaculture. From the 1940s onwards, she became concerned about the effects of industrial fishing on halieutic resources and ecosystems.

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• ▸1963 American Mount Everest expedition
• ▸Aztec architecture
• ▸Kate Holt

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