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Period: 60,000 BCE to 45,000 BCE
First inhabitants arrive in Australia by boat
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5000 BCE
First known case of a sailing boat being built
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1175 BCE
The Battle of the Delta
The first recorded naval battle -
200
'Junks' are made in China
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1000
Viking longboats
The Vikings used these boats to raid other cities and countries -
1100
Leif Ericsson makes it to America
This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic. -
Willem Janszoon reaches Australia
The first European to reach Australia -
The first steamboat is constructed
Made by Claude de Jouffroy -
The first commercial steam boat is launched
The North River Steamboat -
The first steam boat to cross the Atlantic
The SS Great Britain -
The Vandal is launched
The first diesel-electric ship -
The Titanic
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USS Leary
The first ship to be equipped with radar -
The uprising of aircraft carriers
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USS Nautilus
The first nuclear powered ship -
GPS is invented
It is made operational in every ship
