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Chart of the submarine Atlantic Telegraph
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Chart of the submarine Atlantic Telegraph

Shows land telegraph cables in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Europe, and north Africa, submarine cables, steamship routes, and proposed lines. Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by soundings. "Engraving of Maps, Charts, Machinery of Every Description, also Coloring & Mounting by Wm J. Barker, no. 23 North 6th Str. Philadelphia." "Entered according to Act ot Congress, in the year 1858, by WJ. Barker in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Includes text, a portrait of Cyrus W. Field, illustrations of cables, and a an alphabet chart of the Transatlantic Submarine telegraph.

Date
1858
Mapmaker / publisher
Barker, Wm. J. (William J.); Barker, Wm. J
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
7,603 × 4,209 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Chart of the submarine Atlantic Telegraph" (1858). Barker, Wm. J. (William J.); Barker, Wm. J. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chart_of_the_submarine_Atlantic_Telegraph_LOC_2013593216.jpg

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