Map of Undersea Cables, 1901

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June 19th, 2024 | Tags: 1901, cable, Map -
Categories: 1900s, TECHNOLOGY | Instructor: Chris Wild

3 comments to Map of Undersea Cables, 1901

• Anon

  June 19, 2024 at 9:15 am

  There are undersea cables going over… land?

• steven

  June 19, 2024 at 9:15 pm

  It’s the Eastern Telegraph cables map from 1901 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1901_Eastern_Telegraph_cables.png .

• Jonathan

  June 19, 2024 at 10:56 pm

  I’m surprised there are so many trans-Atlantic cables at such an early time.