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| Prehistory || The earliest seaworthy boats may have been developed as early as 45,000 years ago, at the time of the first migration of humans into Australia. | | Prehistory || The earliest seaworthy boats may have been developed as early as 45,000 years ago, at the time of the first migration of humans into Australia. | ||
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| 20th century || The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratton |first1=Michael |last2=Trinder |first2=Barrie Stuart |title=Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fD4BB05zviYC&pg=PA151&dq=%22in+1951%22++container+ships&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGs43-3OLbAhXGjpAKHQfdCrAQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%20container%20ships&f=false}}</ref> | | 20th century || The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratton |first1=Michael |last2=Trinder |first2=Barrie Stuart |title=Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fD4BB05zviYC&pg=PA151&dq=%22in+1951%22++container+ships&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGs43-3OLbAhXGjpAKHQfdCrAQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%20container%20ships&f=false}}</ref> |
Revision as of 16:29, 10 July 2018
This is a timeline of water transport, focusing on the evolution of watercraft.
Contents
Big picture
Time period | Development summary |
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Prehistory | The earliest seaworthy boats may have been developed as early as 45,000 years ago, at the time of the first migration of humans into Australia. |
Ancient history | The Ancient Egyptians already have knowledge of sail construction.[1] Sails are also used in boats in Mesopotamia. The Canal of the Pharaohs and the Lighthouse of Alexandria are early pieces of infrastructure for water navigation. |
20th century | The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.[2] |
21th century | There are more than 6,000 container vessels currently in service.[3] |
Full timeline
Year | Category | Event | Geographical location |
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45000 BC | Notable voyage | The first humans arrive in Australia, presumably by boats and land bridge.[4] | Australia |
6000 BC | Watercraf type | Egyptians already travel in reed boats.[5] | Egypt |
4500 BC | Technology | Mesopotamians add sails to their boats.[5] | Irak |
3500 BC | Watercraft type | Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.[5] | |
2000 BC? | Infrastructure | The Canal of the Pharaohs is built in Egypt.[6] | Egypt |
1575 BC – 1520 BC | Watercraft type | Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known plank vessel, is built. | |
542 BC | Watercraft | First written record of a trireme.[7] | |
247 BC | Infrastructure | The Lighthouse of Alexandria is completed.[8][9][10] | Egypt |
214 BC | Infrastructure | The Lingqu Canal is built. It is the earliest canal recorded in history.[11][12][13] | China |
c.200 AC | Watercraft type | Junks are developed in China.[14] | China |
984 AC | Infrastructure | Pound locks are used in China.[15][16][17] | China |
c.1000 AC | Leif Ericson reaches North America. This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. | ||
1088 | Technology | Chinese polymath Shen Kuo first describes a magnetic compass in his Dream Pool Essays.[18][19][20] | China |
1159 | The Hanseatic League is founded as a maritime league. | ||
c.1190 | English scholar Alexander Neckam writes the first European description of a magnetic compass. | ||
13th century | Technology | Portolan charts are introduced in the Mediterranean. | |
1620 | Watercraft type | Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel builds the world's first submarine.[21][22][23] | Netherlands |
1757 | Technology | The first sextant is constructed. | |
1783 | Watercraft | French engineer Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat.[24][25][26] | |
1787 | Watercraft type | American inventor John Fitch designs the first steamboat in the United States.[27][28][29] | United States |
1790 | Infrastructure | Canal Mania –a period of intense canal building, begins in England and Wales. | United Kingdom |
1797 | Infrastructure | The Lune Aqueduct is completed.[30] | United Kingdom |
1799 | Infrastructure | The Edstone Aqueduct is completed. | United Kingdom |
1803 | Watercraft type | Scottish engineer William Symington's Charlotte Dundas, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.[31][32][33] | |
1804 | Watercraft type | American inventor Oliver Evans builds an early amphibious vehicle.[34][35][36] | United States |
1805 | Infrastructure | The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is completed in Wales.[30] | United Kingdom |
1807 | Watercraft type | American engineer Robert Fulton develops its North River Steamboat, the first commercially successful steamboat.[37][38][39] | United States |
1807 | Technology | French inventor Nicéphore Niépce patents his Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine.[40][41][42] | France |
1819 | Technology | The SS Savannah makes the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship, from Savannah, Georgia to London.[43][44][45] | United States, United Kingdom |
1820 | Notable voyage | Russian officer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovers mainland Antarctica.[46][47][48] | |
1821 | Infrastructure | The Avon Aqueduct is completed in Scotland.[30] | United Kingdom |
1859 | Watercraft type | The first ironclad warship, the Gloire, is launched.[49][50][51] | France |
1861 | Watercraft type | The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.[52] | |
1861 | Watercraft type | The USS Ice Boat (1861) launches as the first purpose-built icebreaker.[53][54] | United States |
1864 | Technology | Ictineo II, by Spanish engineer Narcís Monturiol, becomes the first submarine powered by an internal-combustion engine.[55][56][57] | Spain |
1869 | Infrastructure | The Suez Canal opens.[58][59][60] | Egypt |
1893 | Infrastructure | The Corinth Canal opens.[61][62][63] | Greece |
1895 | Infrastructure | The Kiel Canal opens.[64][65][66] | Germany |
1896 | Infrastructure | The Briare aqueduct opens.[30] | France |
1897 | Watercraft type | The Turbinia is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.[67][68][69] | United Kingdom |
1911 | Watercraft type | Glenn Curtiss builds an early hydroplane.[70][71][72] | United States |
1911 | Technology | The MS Selandia becomes the first important ocean-going vessel to be diesel powered.[73][74][75] | Denmark |
1914 | Infrastructure | The Panama Canal opens.[76][77][78] | Panama |
1915 | Watercraft type | Austrian naval officer Dagobert Müller von Thomamühl creates the first air cushion torpedo speedboat.[79] | Austria |
1918 | Watercraft type | The HMS Furious (47) becomes the first aircraft carrier used in warfare.[80][81][82] | United Kingdom |
1955 | Watercraft type | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launches as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.[83][84][85] | United States |
1957 | Watercraft type | Malcom McLean's Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.[3] | United States |
1959 | The USS Skate (SSN-578) surfaces at the North Pole. | ||
1961 | Infrastructure | The Ringvaart Aqueduct is built in the Netherlands.[30] | Netherlands |
1966 | Notable voyage | Sea-Land’s Fairland sails from the United States to the Netherlands with 236 containers on-board, in the first international container ship voyage.[3] | United States, Netherlands |
1966 | Infrastructure | Around 1% of countries have container ports.[3] | |
1977 | Notable voyage | Soviet icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole.[86][87][88] | |
1983 | Infrastructure | 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.[3] | |
1985 | Watercraft type | The Sea Shadow (IX-529), an early stealth ship, is launched.[89] | United States |
1994 | Technology | The Global Positioning System becomes operational. | |
2003 | Infrastructure | The Magdeburg Water Bridge opens.[30] | Germany |
2003 | Infrastructure | The Krabbersgat Naviduct opens in the Netherlands.[30] | Netherlands |
2006 | Watercraft type | MS Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner ever. It has 18 decks and can carry 4,000 passengers. | |
2012 | Watercraft type | Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron reaches the Challenger Deep solo with the Deepsea Challenger. | |
2018 | Watercraft type | MS Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship by gross tonnage at 228,021 GT, sets sail from Barcelona.[90] | Spain |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
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What the timeline is still missing
Timeline of transportation technology page 625, [1], [2], Maritime timeline
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
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