A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
ISBN-10
0802713645
ISBN-13
9780802713643
Category
Technology & Engineering
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2002-06-01
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
John Steele Gordon

Description

Describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.

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