From A Boat To A Ship: Sea Travel Before The 20th Century
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The concept of a boat to the Early Man was extremely primitive. A log floating downstream seemed like a transport to him. Obviously this form of transportation had no paddles to move around so hands were used for this purpose.
It was soon discovered by Man that wooden paddles were much better than using hands for moving about in water. Later cavities were built inside the log as useful innovations. Much later simple sails were put on the 'boat' to move with the wind.
The sails later developed into huge and massive sails and integrated with bigger ships in the times of Egyptians and Romans. They used to have many men and slaves rowing these large ships. The Vikings put entertainment on ships such as men running on these moving oars on the outside of the ships while avoiding a fall in the water.
Mayflower is a historical seventeenth century ship that crossed the Atlantic. It weighed 180 tonnes and carried over a hundred passengers. A quarter of these passengers were Puritans who were settling in America.
Much later down the lane we come to steam boats. The first person who suggested steam as the driving source for ships was a Frenchman by the name of Salamon de Caus. It was in the year 1615.
There are myths about the development of the first steam boat. It is said that the first steam boat was built as early as the 18th century by a Frenchman Denys Papin. The legend has it that when the steam powered vessel was tested on River Fulda in Germany, it was captured and destroyed by the local fishermen who saw it as a threat to their livelihood.
In 1772 the process of development of the steamboat had another setback. Le Comte Joseph d'Auxiron and Le Chevalier Charles Monnin de Eollenai launched the steamboat on River Seine. It is said that the weight of the engine in the vessel was too great so the ship drowned.
In the 18th century, the East India Company had powerful merchant ships. They were designed to carry tea from China to Europe in a fast and efficient way. One of the most famous ships here is the Cutty Sark, built in 1869 is open for visitors in Greenwich, London.
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