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Chart shewing the intended telegraphic communication between Newfoundland & Ireland : track of steamers between Europe & America, and the ice fields in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Title
Chart shewing the intended telegraphic communication between Newfoundland & Ireland : track of steamers between Europe & America, and the ice fields in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Author
Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited)
Publication
London : Day & Son, 1856.

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MapUse in library Map Div. 23-2119Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
Day & Son, publisher.
Description
1 map : color; 54 x 92 cm, sheet 62 x 98 cm
Subject
  • Telegraph lines > Maps
  • Telegraph
  • Cables, Submarine > Maps
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Depth shown by bathymetric soundings.
  • Shows existing lines in western Europe and the North American eastern seaboard with the proposed transatlantic line connecting the two.
  • Includes section drawings of telegraph lines and "Profile of the bottom of the Atlantic between Valentia Bay, Ireland and St. Thomas, Newfoundland as sounded by the U.S. Steamer Arctic Captn. O.H. Berryman."
  • Also includes table with the names of Atlantic Telegraph Co. executives.
  • "1856."
Call Number
Map Div. 23-2119
OCLC
1413469480
Author
Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited)
Title
Chart shewing the intended telegraphic communication between Newfoundland & Ireland : track of steamers between Europe & America, and the ice fields in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Publisher
London : Day & Son, 1856.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:6,130,834 (W 83°10ʹ--E 4°37ʹ/N 59°11ʹ--N 19°59ʹ)
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Local Note
NYPL copy is in poor condition.
Place of Publication
England London.
Added Author
Day & Son, publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 23-2119 [Filed as World 1856]
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