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Pilgrimages to religious sites are seen as
i> actsoffaith. Roadsandtownsdevelopalong
the pilgrim routes, expanding trade and communicationinEurope, Beginningin 1096, Crusades to the distant Holy Land expose Europeans to Arab culture.
Leli Ericson America.
Cltlnese Invent magnetic compass.
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Portuguese explorers start slavetrade.
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First Coneslnga is invenleil.
TranscnnlinenVlnal lcanized rublier U.S.
Publicrides lirsi escalator.
Pirates terrorize
the seas between 1690and1730. Oneofthe most notorious pirates is
Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard.”The fictional Captain Hook first appears in the 1904 play “Peter Pan” which inspires books, musicals and films throughout the century.
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During the Revolutionary War, a submarine is usedinbattleforthefirsttime. BuiltbyAmerican
Gnndniastirsi appear inVenice.
LondonBridge Is bum.
Mayllower lands atPlymoulbRock.
Lewis audClark exploreAmericanWest.
Practical iniernal-combuslon engineappears.
Birchbark canoes provide transportation for many Native Americans. .The canoes are made with a light wood frame covered with pieces of bark sewn together and made watertight with melted pitch.
The first practical wheelchairs provide new mobilityforthoseunabletowalk. Early models of wheelchairs have three wheels and hand cranks to propel the chair forward.
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David Bushnell, the one-person vessel is powered bya hand-crankedpropeller. Twentieth-centurysubmarines are complex, nuclear-powered craft used for defense and scientific purposes.
France’s
Montgolfier brothers launch the first hot-air balloon.
Filled with smoke, the silk balloon rises to6,000feet. Later that year, the first passengers go aloft— a rooster, a duck and a sheep.
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thinking he has pioneered a westward routetothespice-rich East Indies, Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas. At the time of first European contact, about 90 million Native Americans live in North and South America,
Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes introduces horses from Spain into the New World, changing transportation and culture forNativeAmericans. Cortescarriesouta harsh conquest of Montezuma and the Aztecs.
Stagecoaches offer public passenger service, and covering 1.5miles a day is considered a goodspeed. Thecoachestravelinstages, changing horses at each stop. As a result, the stagecoach line is born.