Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World genre-Science and wait by the water

and wait by the water

William Alexander

un hombre llamado Bimba abogaría por que la capoeira

despite the fact that he can never seem to remember his lines

Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World genre-Science and wait by the waterDavid Macaulay, creator of the international bestseller The Way Things Work, brings his signature curiosity and detailing to the story of the steamship in this meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated book. Prior to the 1800s, ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean relied on the wind in their sails to make their journeys. But the invention of steam power ushered in a new era of transportation that would change ocean travel forever: the steamship.