From Artist to Engineer
The Career of Robert Fulton
Creativity & Ambition
Robert Fulton was born in Pennsylvania.
He started his creative career as an artist, painting beautiful pictures. He even went to London and joined the Royal Art Academy. But he didn’t become as famous as he wanted to be in the art world.
Robert was a very creative person who didn’t give up easily. He started to become interested in other things, like engineering.
He designed canals, big ships, and even made the first submarine called the Nautilus.
Then, he returned to America and worked with a man named Robert Livingston on a brand-new invention that would change our country– the first successful steamboat!
