North Atlantic Ocean. Chart shewing deep sea soundings and the tracks of the telegraph cables laid between Europe and America by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company in 1865, 1866, 1869. With sections of the bed of the ocean and journals of each expedition.

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North Atlantic Ocean. Chart shewing deep sea soundings and the tracks of the telegraph cables laid between Europe and America by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company in 1865, 1866, 1869. With sections of the bed of the ocean and journals of each expedition.

Single sheet. Lith. Contents Note: Shows British cable of 1865 and 1866 (Valencia to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia), and French cable of 1869 (Brest to Duxbury Mass.).

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Object Details

ID:	MRY298:11/2
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Thomas Malby; United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Places:	Atlantic Ocean
Events:	Opening of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1858
Date made:	1869
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Printed area: 66 x 93cm; on sheet: 68.5 x 102cm.