Note: This Colton world map is dated 1855, but it was re-issued about 1870 with the cable lines added, together with a new title and caption. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, call number G3201.P92 1855. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. 1870 Map showing the telegraph lines in operation, under contract, and contemplated, to complete the circuit of the globe / entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Note also the route of Tal Shaffner’s proposed northern cable.ġ865: Chart of the World Showing the Proposed Submarine & Land Telegraphs Round the World from The Atlantic Telegraph.Ĭ. Map of the Telegraph Plateau, from Maury’s Physical Geography of the Sea (1869 edition), showing the routes of the 1858 Atlantic Cable and the proposed 1869 French cableġ865: Map Shewing the Atlantic Telegraph and other Submarine Cables in Europe and America from The Atlantic Telegraph. Practical Lithographers, 54 William Street, New York” Although no publisher is shown on this map, another copy is marked: “Korff Brothers. Map of the 1858 Atlantic Cable route from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 21, 1858Īnother map of the 1858 Atlantic Cable route. (The Vertical scale, showing depths of soundings, is about 72 times greater than the longitudinal scale.) Cyclops, 1857, for laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Vertical section of the bed of the Atlantic Ocean,įrom Valencia, Ireland, to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland,(on line C.D of chart above) showing Soundings made by Lieut. Posterior maps are from the ‘ Telegeography‘ site.įurther read (in Italian): “ Internet e la battaglia del Mediterraneo, Conversazione con Renzo Ravaglia (Interoute)” “ (Internet and the battle on the Mediterranean sea, a conversation with Renzo Ravaglia of Interoute)”
SUBMARINE CABLE MAP FROM NYC TO LONDON SERIES
He also adds: “So do not forget that the Internet wars – like the one already under way against Iran, will be fought more and more not only on the virtual plane but also on the real one and the immateriality of the network is not so predictable and guaranteed as it may seem.”Īfter reading Desiderio’s article, Sabrina Campagna collected a series of international submarine maps, documenting the impressive development of undersea communication structures from 1857 to present-day.Īll maps and refences until 1992 are courtesy of the ‘ History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications’ site. for whatever the purpose, political and economical competition towards the management, the legislation and the geographical positioning of the cables, for reasons of power or money.” He asserts that the phisycality of internet’s skeleton implies the same technical problems of every communication and transport infrastructures, namely (our translation): “strategical bottlenecks, the possibility of structural sabotage by governments, terrorists etc. The map displays the major cables that allow internetĪnd other data to travel from the other side of the world, across theĭisplayed cables (or select it from the side menu) and view detailsĪbout the cable's schematic accuracy and the locations that it connects.Alfonso Desiderio, a journalist of Italian geopolitics magazine Limes, recently published an interesting piece on the submarine cables infrastructure that supports the diffusion of the immaterial informations via telephone or internet. Greg's Cable Map is another Google Map of the world's undersea communications
SUBMARINE CABLE MAP FROM NYC TO LONDON WINDOWS
Info windows to create a map that is both functional and great to look Google Map makes great use of Google Map styles and custom To reveal a list of all submarine cables landing at a station. The Google Map version allows users to click on the landing point hubs This map is an interactive version of TeleGeography's annual Submarine Cable wall map, which you can purchase directly from the website. TeleGeography's Google Maps API version of the Submarine Cable Map, looks at the physical connections that make it possible for the internet's data to travel around the world. You can click on any of the cables displayed on the map to view it's length, it's first year of operation and the cable's owners.
The map also allows you to refine the cables shown by cable owner. The map allows you to view the undersea cable network for any year, or you can animate the map to view how this global network has grown since 1989.
Messages in the Deep is a fascinating Google Map which allows you to explore the history of the growth of the undersea fibre optic network around the world since 1989.
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