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Transport on water

By Nahia Melchor
  • 4000 BCE

    Coracle

    Coracle
    The coracle was invented in Egypt by the Egyptians. It was the first boat. Were made of reeds.
  • 1000 BCE

    Reed

    Reed
    The reed boat was invented in Phoemia an Greek by the Phoemians and Greeks. Somo ships had 2 or 3 decks of oars.
  • 1200

    Chinese junk

    Chinese junk
    The chinese junk was invented in China by the Chinese. It had a six-blade propeller instead of side poddle wheels.

  • Hovercraft

    Hovercraft
    The hovercraft was invented in U.K (England) by Christopher Cockerell. It skims over the water on a cusheion of air.

  • Christopher Cockerell

    Christopher Cockerell
    Christopher Cockerell was born on the 4th of June of 1910 and he died on the 1st of June of 1999. He lived in Cambridge (England).
    In 1959-1961 he invented the hovercraft (with the first public demostration in 1959). He invented that becouse it ocurred to him that if the entire boat were lifted out of the water the boat would effectively have no drag.

  • Jet ski

    Jet ski
    The Jet Ski was invented in the USA by Clayton Jacobsen.

  • Nowadays

    Nowadays
    Nowadays the Queen Mary 2 is the largest ship of this kind. It can carry 2620 passengers and 1253 crew members.