Chart Submarine Atlantic Telegraph

Victorian Telecommunications and the Transatlantic Telegraph Route

This exceptional antique chart, published in 1858 by W.J. Barker and R.K. Kuhns in Philadelphia, documents the pioneering engineering feat of laying the first submarine telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean. The historical profile maps the precise maritime route stretching from Trinity Bay in Newfoundland, Canada, across the ocean floor to Valentia Island in western Ireland, establishing the very first near-instantaneous communication link between North America and Europe.

Cyrus W Field Portrait and Submarine Cable Technology

The archival broadside is anchored by a prominent central portrait vignette of Cyrus West Field, the visionary American financier who founded the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The layout incorporates technical cross-section illustrations detailing the internal core composition of the armored telegraph wire, steamship routes, and an alphabet signaling chart of the period, serving as an invaluable primary document for collectors specializing in the history of global globalization and science communication.