Every day, all over the world, people travel: short trips or great, long
voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast
speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on
bikes-and some people have even blasted off in rockets! But how did
these vehicles become what we know now?
With intricately illustrated timelines, this book takes readers on a
journey through the developmental history of various modes of
transportation - from chariots to electric cars, dugout canoes to ocean
liners, cable cars to bullet trains, and the many iterations in between.
The fascinating stories behind each of these machines join together to
reveal a comprehensive history of how new and inventive forms of
transportation have built off one another to change our world.