John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "Our present maps of the oceans are comparable in accuracy and detail to maps of the land areas of the earth in the early part of the 18th century." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 28, 1961

Our present maps of the oceans are comparable in accuracy and detail to maps of the land areas of the earth in the early part of the 18th century.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate on Increasing the National Effort in Oceanography.

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