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Map Bacon's chart of the Atlantic Telegraph : containing a history of telegraphy, origin and progress of the Atlantic Telegraph, description of the old and new cables, etc., etc. : illustrated by maps, engravings, diagrams, etc. The Atlantic Telegraph

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Title

  • Bacon's chart of the Atlantic Telegraph : containing a history of telegraphy, origin and progress of the Atlantic Telegraph, description of the old and new cables, etc., etc. : illustrated by maps, engravings, diagrams, etc.

Other Title

  • The Atlantic Telegraph

Names

  • Bacon, G. W. (George Washington), 1830-1921.

Created / Published

  • London : G.W. Bacon & Co., [1865]

Headings

  • -  Cables, Submarine--North Atlantic Ocean--Maps
  • -  Telegraph--History--Pictorial works
  • -  Atlantic Ocean--Maps
  • -  Atlantic Ocean
  • -  North Atlantic Ocean

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Includes text, diagrams, and an ancillary map of "Map Showing the Proposed Ocean Telegraphs and Overland Route Round the World."
  • -  Stamped in blue in lower left corner: 996.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 18 x 39 cm, on sheet 80 x 56 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9111.P93 1865 .B2

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593070

Online Format

  • image

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Bacon, G. W. Bacon's chart of the Atlantic Telegraph: containing a history of telegraphy, origin and progress of the Atlantic Telegraph, description of the old and new cables, etc., etc.: illustrated by maps, engravings, diagrams, etc. [London: G.W. Bacon & Co, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593070/.

APA citation style:

Bacon, G. W. (1865) Bacon's chart of the Atlantic Telegraph: containing a history of telegraphy, origin and progress of the Atlantic Telegraph, description of the old and new cables, etc., etc.: illustrated by maps, engravings, diagrams, etc. [London: G.W. Bacon & Co] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593070/.

MLA citation style:

Bacon, G. W. Bacon's chart of the Atlantic Telegraph: containing a history of telegraphy, origin and progress of the Atlantic Telegraph, description of the old and new cables, etc., etc.: illustrated by maps, engravings, diagrams, etc. [London: G.W. Bacon & Co, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593070/>.