150 years or global communication.

PositionMuseums - National Museum of American History - Brief Article

The world suddenly became smaller in 1851, when a telegraph cable laid underwater in the English Channel opened communications between England and France. By 1866, underwater cables laid in the North Atlantic permanently linked Europe and America, and by 1872, other cables reached India, Australia, China, and Japan. Information of all kinds was made available at the speed of electricity, changing forever the way we live. Today, the early copper wires are long gone, with optical...

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