Jacques

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noun

1. a male given name, French form of Jacob or James.

Example Sentences

The first of these attempts was actually made in 1976 when a scuba team led by legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau excavated a small area of the Antikythera wreck site and recovered hundreds of items, including statuettes, coins, and jewelry.

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While Jacques Cousteau recovered bone fragments during his 1976 Antikythera exploration, the skull was part of the most complete skeleton that had been found at the Antikythera site.

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Made up of archaeologists and divers from France, England, and the United States, this multinational group included Frederic Dumas, on loan from Jacques Cousteau’s team of divers, and the pioneering archaeologist Honor Frost.

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But it would not be until the early 1940s that a major breakthrough would allow more efficient undersea explorations, discoveries, and excavations in the form of an invention by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan.

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Cousteau became a household name when he introduced the world to ocean and shipwreck exploration through Academy Award-winning films such as The Silent World and highly popular television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.

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