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Original. A sketch shewing the position of the Great Eastern when trying to recover the end of the Atlantic telegraph cable.
Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Has lifting paper flap.The Atlantic cable broke while it was being laid in August 1865 in ocean 2 miles deep. This chart records the attempts to recover it. The next year, after a new cable was successfully laid, the previous one was recovered and completed.
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Object Details
| ID: | MRY298:11/3 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Moriarty, Henry Augustus |
| Date made: | 1865 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Drawing area 24 x 30cm, on sheet 27.5 x 42cm. |