Olsem wanpela 'flexible covering' wantaim ol bikpela wok bilong ples hait na lukautim, histori bilong ol 'tarpaulins' i ken go bek long ol pasin bilong ol manmeri long bipo yet long bekim ol salens bilong nature envairomen. Long taim bilong olpela sivilisesen, ol manmeri i bin traim long yusim ol 'natural fibers' na ol isipela rot bilong wokim ol samting long wokim ol samting bilong lukautim ren na win, na dispela i kamapim namba wan 'prototype' bilong 'tarpaulin'. Taim ol i kisim ol samting na wokim ol 'tarpaulin', ol 'tarpaulin' i kamap isi isi long ol samting bilong taim bilong imejensi i go long ol samting we i no inap senis na i kamap olsem ol samting we i save kamap long olgeta de, na i wok long kamap gut long olgeta de strong bilong ol narapela narapela taim bilong bipo na ol nid bilong sosaiti.
Long taim bilong ol wokman bilong egrikalsa, ol i save yusim planti laplap we ol i wokim long ol rop bilong diwai olsem hemp, koten, na flaks long olgeta hap bilong wol. Ol i save pasim wara long en wantaim ol oil, resin, o skin bilong animal na ol i save yusim olsem karamapim ol haus kaikai, bilong karim ol kago, na olsem ples hait bilong ol kem bilong ami. Ol i raitim wankain wok insait long ol pepa na ol samting bilong bipo bilong Isip, olpela Grik, na olpela Saina. Maski ol dispela 'tarpaulin' bilong bipo i no gat planti samting long en, ol i gat as tingting bilong yusim laplap wantaim ol samting we i no inap long kisim wara long sakim wara bilong ren, na dispela i kamapim as bilong ol nupela teknoloji bihain.
Indastriel Revolusen i kamapim bikpela senis long divelopmen bilong ol 'tarpaulin', wantaim kamap bilong ol masin bilong wokim ol laplap na kemikel indastri. Stat long 19 senseri i go, planti manmeri i yusim masin-teknoloji bilong samapim laplap na dispela i mekim na ol 'base fabrics' i go bikpela na i strong moa, na dispela i mekim wok bilong wokim ol laplap i kamap gutpela moa. Long wankain taim, ol samting bilong 'coal tar', raba, na ol 'synthetic resins' bilong bipo i kamap, na dispela i givim ol laplap we i gat strongpela na wankain wara na i no inap bagarap. Long stat bilong 20 senseri, ol i stat long yusim ol samting olsem 'polyvinyl chloride' (PVC) long ol wok bilong ami na trenspot, na ol i luksave hariap long gutpela strong bilong ol long sanap strong long taim bilong ren, na dispela i mekim na ol i no wokim ol 'tarpaulin' long han na ol i wokim ol bikpela 'industrial manufacturing'.
Long namel bilong 20 senseri, taim 'petrochemical' indastri i kamap bikpela na ol wok i kamap long saiens bilong ol 'polymer materials', ol kain kain 'tarpaulin' i kamap planti kain kain. Ol i bungim ol 'polyester fiber base fabrics' wantaim ol 'coating' we i no bagarapim envairomen olsem 'polyurethane' (PU) na 'acrylic' na dispela i mekim na ol prodak i stap strong na tu i daunim hevi bilong en na i mekim ol i kamap gutpela moa. Long dispela taim, wok bilong ol 'tarpaulin' i go bikpela moa long ol wok bilong trenspot, putim ol samting long stua, na lukautim ol wok gaden i go long ol ples bilong pilai ausait, ol spot iven, ol konstraksen bilong sotpela taim, na ol wok bilong helpim ol taim bilong bagarap. Wok bilong ol i go bikpela moa long ol simpol ples hait i go long ol samting olsem win, paia i no inap kamap, UV resistens, na 'thermal insulation'.
Long olgeta taim bilong bipo, kamap bilong ol 'tarpaulin' i bin stap klostu long wok painimaut bilong ol manmeri long ol samting bilong graun na wok bilong ol long kamapim gutpela pasin bilong ol long sindaun gut wantaim ol samting i stap klostu long en. Stat long ol simpol kombinesen bilong ol 'natural fibers' na oil i go inap long wok bilong wokim ol 'modern polymer composite structures', ol 'tarpaulin' i no lukim tasol ol wok bilong indastrial teknoloji i kamap gut tasol ol i soim tu ol senis long sosio-ekonomik kondisen na laipstail long ol narapela narapela taim, na i kamap olsem wanpela bikpela samting bilong karim ol manmeri long karim hevi bilong nature na skruim spes bilong en.
