Describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.

Reproduction of the original: The Story of the Atlantic Cable by Charles Bright

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