the history of boats

By rumblebuffin
  • first boats
    Jun 4, 1000

    first boats

    first boats were created around 8200-7600 B.C.
    they were used for short distance travel
  • rowboats
    Jun 2, 1050

    rowboats

    the first rowboats were created around 2000 B.C.87y
  • egyptian boat
    Jun 20, 1100

    egyptian boat

    egyptian boats were made around 3000 B.C.
    they were used for fishing and the nicer ones were for the pharos
    they were different from rowboats because they were capable of carring many more people and had storage space
  • first sailboat
    May 25, 1200

    first sailboat

    the first sailboats were believed to be made around 3500 B.C.
    not too long after the egyptian boats
    the sail boat uses the power of the wind to propell it
  • steam boats

    steam boats

    the first steam boat was made in 1776
    it was created to reduce the labor need for the sail boats
  • barges

    barges

    barges were made for transporting goods long distances
  • motorboats

    motorboats

    motor boats were made for personal use in 1905