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Transport on water

By Eneko7
  • 4000 BCE

    Coracle

    Coracle
    The Coracle was invented by the Egyptians in Egypt in 4000 BC. The Coracle was made out of reeds.
  • 1000 BCE

    Reed boat

    Reed boat
    In 1000 BC, in Greece and Phoenicia, they invented the Reed boats by adding oars.
  • 1200

    Chinese junk

    Chinese junk
    The Chinese invented the boat in 1200 AD and it had a single steering oar.

  • Steamship

    Steamship
    It was invented in 1845 by the Brunel in Great Britain, it was called the SS Great Britain and it has a six-blade propeller instead of side padel wheels. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in 1806 and died in 1859 in England and he designed the SS Great Britain. It was designed for the Western Steamship Company’s transatlantic service between Bristol and New York.

  • Hovercraft

    Hovercraft
    It was invented in the U.K. in the 1950s by Christopher Cockerell. It skims over water on a cushion of air.

  • Jet Ski

    Jet Ski
    In 1973 Clayton Jacobson invented the Jet Ski in the USA, and it doesn’t look like a boat.