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Chart showing the track of the great submarine Atlantic telegraph : with the principal land & submarine telegraph lines in Europe & America. Also, tracks of steamships and the depth of the ocean

Alternative Title:

Telegraph chart

Description:

Depths shown by bathymetric soundings.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Prime meridian: London.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Shows telegraph line between Newfoundland and Ireland, as well as the steamship routes between America and Europe.

Decorative border.

Tables: Overland telegraphs of the world -- Submarine telegraphs of the world.

Texts: Account of the invention and operation of the magnetic telegraph -- Decription of making and laying submarine telegraph cables.

Several woodcut illustrations of telegraph machinery (signed: Forbes & Bond ; Wilson N.Y. and Tuttle Eng.), as well as two portraits: Cyrus W. Field, the hero of the enterprise -- Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse.

Profile view: Profile of the Atlantic Ocean on the Telegraph Plate, showing the depth in fathoms.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xc908qp8132

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xc908qp8132

Language:

eng

Publisher:

H.H. Lloyd & Co and H.H. Lloyd & Co., 348 Broadway,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Subject:

World maps, Telegraph lines, Telegraph, and Equipment and supplies

Temporal Coverage:

19th century

Date Issued:

1858

Spatial Coverage:

Atlantic Ocean, North America, Europe, and Africa

Rights:

Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false