A Look into the Maritime History

A Look into the Maritime History \A ge of Sicam Steamships gradually replaced sailing ships for commercíal shipping through the 19th century. Maritime history is a broad subject – it encompasses fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, ship building, the history of navigation, sea exploration etc. Take a quick review! 1783: Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat. 1869: The Suez Canal opens Steamship NA ncient Țimes \A ge of Discovery About 6,000 BCE: earliest evidence of dugout Started in the early 15th century, and marked the era of Portugese and Spanish long-distance maritime travels to the East Indies Zoth Century canoes 5th millennium BCE: earliest known depiction of a sailing boat Dugout cañoe 1488: Bartolomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope. In the 20th century, the internal combustion engine and gas turbine came to replace the steam engine in most ship applications. 1575-1520 BCE Dover Bronze Age Boat, oldest known plank vessel, was built 1492: Christopher Columbus' first voyage, first recorded non-Arctic crossing of the Atlantic Christopher Columbus Trans-oceanic travel, transatlantic andtranspa- cific, was a particularly important application, with steam powered A (& of Navigation 1522: Ferdinand Magellan's last ship arrives in Europe, first recorded circumnavigation, and crossing of the Pacific Ocean Ocean liners replacing şailing ships, then culminating in the massive Superliners which included theRMS Titanic. Dhow, a lateen-sail ship, was, used in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf A ge of Sail 11 Astrolabe was used as mainly for navigation RMS Titanic Shen Kuo (1031-1095) discovered the concept of "true north Amival in C erty Q 18th to the mid 19th-century. the era of interna- tional trade and naval warfare Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_history http://ijms.nmdl.org/ Longships were used by the Vikings Astrolabe The Arab Empire became the world's leading extensive economiç power particularly in Asia, Africa and Europe fróm 7th-13th centúry Also coincides with "Golden Age of Piracy" with Edward Teach Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts preyed on mercantile ships Prepared by: http://ctsi.com.ph TSE Consolidated Training Systems lincorporated MAKI PACIYICUX Soan reriel