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From Wagons to Sampans A Global Tour of Transportation
Prepared by the National Geographic Society surveys travel then and now, noting taxis and planes in the United States, horse carts in Ireland and Sicily, rikshas in China, dog carts in Belgium, and sampans in Shanghai and Canton. It highlights river daily life aboard Chinese boats, raft transports on the Yellow River, and the cheerful river folk who sustain the waterborne economy amid modern progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Treamline
America
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Washington
D. C
Annapolis
Atlantic City
Bermuda
Shanghai
Hongkong
Canton
China
Durban
Natal
Szechwan
Sumatra
Palermo
Sicily
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Tamas
Andes
India
Belgium
Arctic
Africa
North Africa
Arabia
Central Asia
East Indian Islands
Singapore
Hwang Ho
Yellow River
Kansu