Colonial Systems of the World: Submarine Telegraph Connections Map (Still Image)

Colonial Systems of the World: Submarine Telegraph Connections Map

United States Treasury Department

17 x 26.5 inches

Folding map of the World, colored to highlight the distribution of Colonies and their Colonial masters.

A note at the bottom identifies the 13 countries which were then "colonial powers."

At the bottom left, a list of 13 nations and 26 private companies which were then operating Submarine Telegraph Connections around the World. The lines of each are noted, along with a distance in miles.

A proposed US cable from San Francisco to Manila is also noted, traversing Hawaii.

1902

World maps

United States Treasury Department