The Egyptians begin using wooden ships for trade by sea
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Goods are transported by pack horse. Goods are also transported around the coast of Britain by ship.
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Charles I allows the public to pay his messengers to carry letters. It is the beginning of the Royal Mail.
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The first turnpike roads open. Turnpikes are privately owned and maintained but you have to pay to use them. Their name comes from an old word for a gate, pike. In towns the wealthy are carried by sedan chairs.
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The Bridgwater Canal opens. Many more canals are dug in the late 18th and early 19th century.
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The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon are invented.
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Two men fly across the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon
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Steamships begin crossing the English Channel
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The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
