routes opened up. The steamship has been described as a "major driver of the first wave of trade globalization (1870-1913)" and contributor to "an increase in international trade that was unprecedented in human history".

History

Steamships were preceded by smaller vessels, called steamboats, conceived in the first half of the 18th century by Denis Papin, with the first working steamboat and paddle steamer,

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