Map of the submarine telegraph between America & Europe : with its various communications on the two continents

"Korff Bros., practical lithographers, 54 William St., New York."
"Entered according to Act of Congress in 1857 by Korff Brothers, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the U.S. of the Southern District of New York."
Shows undersea telegraph line between Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Valencia Island in Foilhomurrum Bay, Ireland, principal steamship routes in the North Atlantic Ocean, and railroad lines in North America and Europe.
Scale approximately 1:14,700,000
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Soundings shown in fathoms.
Illustrations at bottom (2 x 7 cm. and 2 x 26 cm.): The great Atlantic cable (natural size) -- Profile of the bottom of the Atlantic as sounded 1856 by the U.S. Steamer "Arctic."
Issued on sheet folded to 19 x 10 cm.

Contained In:

Detached from: The story of the telegraph, and a history of the great Atlantic cable / by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick. New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858; issued on sheet folded to 19 x 10 cm. and bound between pages 10-11.

Citation

Korff Brothers, "Map of the Submarine Telegraph Between America & Europe : With its Various Communications on the Two Continents", detached from Charles Frederick Briggs and Augustus Maverick, The Story of the Telegraph, and a History of the Great Atlantic Cable (New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858), between pages 10-11. Map2F G9111.P93 1858 .M37

Newberry Call Number:

map2F G9111.P93 1858 .M37

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Geographic Area Covered:

North Atlantic Ocean

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : hand colored ; 17 x 46 cm.

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Newberry Library

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