• By John Herrman
    Feb 10, 2009 8:40 AM 22,373
    read more: #retromodo, #easterntelegraphcablemap, #1901, #telegraphs, #telegram, #easterntelegraph, #maps, #underseacables

    Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901

    The year Queen Victoria died and Emperor Hirohito was born, there already existed a globe-spanning network of electronic communications cables. Not quite as cool as you thought you were, huh 2009? [Reddit]


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