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There are many kinds of boats—canoes, cruise ships, ocean liners, and sailboats to name a
few. They all have one thing in common: They are vessels that travel on water. Today, different
kinds of boats are used to transport goods and people, and they’re also used for fishing and
recreation. Boats have a long history and have existed long before planes, trains, and cars.
Boats have brought shores closer together and helped people connect for thousands of years.
The First Boats
Before boats, people tied logs together to make rafts. They stood on the rafts, moving, and
steering them with a stick. Eventually, people began to make dugout canoes. They carved out
the inside of large logs to make canoes. The oldest canoe found is over 10,000 years old.
People used rafts and canoes to get from place to place and to fish. People started making
reed boats over 6,000 years ago in present-day Egypt. They were made from reeds, or grasses
found in wet areas. People made reed boats to travel on the Nile River. They used oars to move
the boats, but ancient boats weren’t just powered by people. Their sails used the wind to move
down the river. People used the boats to move and trade goods. A few thousand years later,
Egyptians started to make boats out of wood. In 1000 CE, the Vikings started to build long
boats. These big ships carried up to sixty people, who all used oars to power the boat. The
Vikings traveled from Scandinavia to parts of Europe and even North America in the longships
to explore and conquer new land.
A dugout canoe A reed boat
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Ancient Boat Innovations
Boats were similar for thousands of years, but changes
did happen over time. Until about 2,000 years ago, sails
were square. Then Arabic and Persian sailors invented a
sail in the shape of a triangle. About 1,000 years ago,
people in China added rudders to their ships. A rudder is
at the back of a ship and is used to steer, or turn, the
boat. These boats were used in warfare and for moving
cargo from one place to another. People started using
ships with three and four sails on one vessel in the mid-
1400s. Europeans and the Chinese used these ships for
battle, to trade goods, and to explore the land on
different continents.
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The Power of Steam
The Industrial Revolution and the invention of the
steam engine changed boats in a significant way.
In 1819, the first steamship was built. Steamships
used wind and steam power. Coal was burned in
the boats to produce steam. In the mid-1800s,
ocean liners traveled long distances over the
ocean. They were powered by steam and used
propellers instead of sails and rudders. They did
not need the wind to move. In the 1800s, riverboats
were powered by steam and had a big
paddlewheel at the back. In the early 1900s, steam
was replaced with diesel power, which means boats used oil instead of coal. All of these
inventions allowed people to travel faster and farther, connecting people in different parts of
the world.
Modern Developments
In the 1980s, container ships were made to carry large
amounts of cargo. Large steel containers are stacked on top
of each other on the deck. This allows a lot of objects to be
shipped at one time. Up to 1,000 containers can fit on one
ship.
Although the first cruise ship departed in 1900, vacations
on cruise ships didn’t become popular until the 1990s.
Hundreds of people can fit on a cruise ship at one time.
Stores, restaurants, and swimming pools are on the cruise
ships. People can get off in ports and visit far-away
locations and have fun on the boat while they travel
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