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Transported : 50 vehicles that changed the world / Matt Ralphs ; illustrations, Rui Ricardo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow Inc, 2023Copyright date: ©2022Description: 111 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9798887770208
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Our journey begins -- Polynesian canoe -- Bronze Age wagon -- Ancient chariot -- Trireme -- Viking longship -- Narrow boat -- Hot-air balloon -- Wooden battleship -- Stagecoach -- Steam locomotive -- SUbmarine -- Steamship -- Early bicycle -- Tea clipper -- Fire engine -- Automobile -- Wright flyer -- Ocean liner -- Omnibus -- Ambulance -- Rigid airship -- Bush airplane -- Combine harvester -- Tram -- Motorcycle -- Aircraft carrier -- Tractor -- Kon-tiki raft -- Deep-sea submersible -- Hovercraft -- Helicopter -- Snowmobile -- Diesel locomotive -- Auto rickshaw -- Cable car -- High-speed train -- Spy plane -- Formula one racing car -- Commercial jet airliner -- Saturn V rocket -- Concorde jet -- Truck -- Container ship -- Space shuttle -- Smart car -- Garbage truck -- Shanghai maglev -- Electric bike -- Mars rover -- Solar-powered airplane -- Journey's end -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets, and solar-powered airplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incredible vehicles. Take a journey through time to discover how these 50 groundbreaking inventions changed the world and how they might even shape our future . . .
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 629.046 R163 Available 33111011216815
Total holds: 0

First published in 2022 by Nosy Crow Ltd., London.

Includes index.

From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets, and solar-powered airplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incredible vehicles. Take a journey through time to discover how these 50 groundbreaking inventions changed the world and how they might even shape our future . . .

Our journey begins -- Polynesian canoe -- Bronze Age wagon -- Ancient chariot -- Trireme -- Viking longship -- Narrow boat -- Hot-air balloon -- Wooden battleship -- Stagecoach -- Steam locomotive -- SUbmarine -- Steamship -- Early bicycle -- Tea clipper -- Fire engine -- Automobile -- Wright flyer -- Ocean liner -- Omnibus -- Ambulance -- Rigid airship -- Bush airplane -- Combine harvester -- Tram -- Motorcycle -- Aircraft carrier -- Tractor -- Kon-tiki raft -- Deep-sea submersible -- Hovercraft -- Helicopter -- Snowmobile -- Diesel locomotive -- Auto rickshaw -- Cable car -- High-speed train -- Spy plane -- Formula one racing car -- Commercial jet airliner -- Saturn V rocket -- Concorde jet -- Truck -- Container ship -- Space shuttle -- Smart car -- Garbage truck -- Shanghai maglev -- Electric bike -- Mars rover -- Solar-powered airplane -- Journey's end -- Glossary -- Index.

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