Cable

Wire to the New World

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering
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Author: Gillian Cookson ISBN: 9780752488004
Publisher: The History Press Publication: May 30, 2012
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Gillian Cookson
ISBN: 9780752488004
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: May 30, 2012
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid—updated with new imagesThis is the compelling story of the dramatic efforts to lay the Atlantic telegraph during the 1850s and 1960s, from the first failed attempts to the expedition that finally succeeded. An inconceivably audacious endeavor to overcome the forces of nature in the name of human progress and technology, the laying of the cable was to change forever our means of communication. In this exceptionally researched book, Gillian Cookson reveals the people who dared, lost, and profited from this vital progression.

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The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid—updated with new imagesThis is the compelling story of the dramatic efforts to lay the Atlantic telegraph during the 1850s and 1960s, from the first failed attempts to the expedition that finally succeeded. An inconceivably audacious endeavor to overcome the forces of nature in the name of human progress and technology, the laying of the cable was to change forever our means of communication. In this exceptionally researched book, Gillian Cookson reveals the people who dared, lost, and profited from this vital progression.

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