The opening of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858 transformed global communication and finance, allowing information that previously took days to transmit to be conveyed instantaneously. This study describes its creation and the technical challenges it presented, and profiles the visionaries who made it happen, including Samuel Morse, the American entrepreneur Cyrus Field, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Title: The Cable
Publisher: History Press
Publication Date: 2020
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0752487868
ISBN 13: 9780752487861
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New

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The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid—updated with new images

This 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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Gillian Cookson is an acknowledged expert on the transatlantic telegraph cable.

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