In 1950 he leased a one-time minesweeper and converted it to be an oceanographic research vessel, he renamed the vessel Calypso. Silent World (1953) was the first book that Cousteau published about the ocean landscape and the different creature that lurk below the surface. Then in 1957 Cousteau was elected Director of Oceanography in the Museum of Monaco. A few years later in 1961 he received the National Geographic Medal and is considered one of the world’s foremost undersea explorers. In 1990 Cousteau’s first wife falls ill and soon dies from cancer. The next year, Cousteau announces he has another son and daughter from long-time mistress, Francine Triplet whom he marries soon after the
In 1950 he leased a one-time minesweeper and converted it to be an oceanographic research vessel, he renamed the vessel Calypso. Silent World (1953) was the first book that Cousteau published about the ocean landscape and the different creature that lurk below the surface. Then in 1957 Cousteau was elected Director of Oceanography in the Museum of Monaco. A few years later in 1961 he received the National Geographic Medal and is considered one of the world’s foremost undersea explorers. In 1990 Cousteau’s first wife falls ill and soon dies from cancer. The next year, Cousteau announces he has another son and daughter from long-time mistress, Francine Triplet whom he marries soon after the