Chapter 762: Into the Water
The canoe can truly be said to have blossomed all over the world.
From Bolivia to Mongolia, from New Zealand to North America, one can find the origins of paddling in many places around the world.
Ancient canoes have been found in the Ganges River Basin of India and the Nile River Basin of Ancient Egypt, and on the shores of the Euphrates River in Ancient Babylon, the tomb of an Arabian King was excavated, containing a small silver canoe and an oar, estimated to be six thousand years old.
The Indians of North America constructed canoes out of deer skin and birch bark, while the Egyptians used papyrus and the people of Borneo used wood.
In New Zealand, a war canoe exhibited by the Māori was 117 meters long and could carry more than 80 people.
In North America, canoes were so prevalent that the locals, with canoes outfitted with outriggers, discovered the Polynesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Today, the local populace still widely uses these small boats.