Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Atlantic Cable"
This print from 1866
commemorates the completion of the
world's first submarine trans-oceanic telegraph cable
. It shows the cable connecting the American eagle to the English lion, crossing through the domain of Poseidon.
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