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'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [1] (32/782)
The record is made up of 1 volume (673 pages). It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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TELEGRAPH AND TRAVEL.
INTRODUCTORY.
Ft is exactly ten years ago that the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
cable,
manufactured and laid at the cost of her Majesty's
Government, was under process of final submersion be
tween Karachi, the most North-Westerly of Indian ports,
and the Turkish Arabian station of Ffio, or Fava. The
link connectinor Gwadar, then an obscure fishing villaofe
O O O
of Makran, and Fao, a very molecule amid hamlets, was
completed on the 8th April, 1864 ; and notwithstanding
the successful establishment of a land line between
Karachi and Gwadar, it was thought prudent to connect
these stations also by submarine cable, and so strengthen
communications. This alternative section was wholly
laid on the 15th May, 18G4. But while the Turkish
and Indian dominions were thus placed in instantaneous
correspondence, the result was a realized fact for Asia
only. Out of Asia the benefit of a
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
cable
or land line was barely perceptible. And no wonder.
There was an extent of some 1,800 miles to be traversed
between the new station at Filo and Constantinople,
before the line stretching westward was fairly in Europe:
B
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Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.
Author: Colonel Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, CB, KCSI. Late Chief Commissioner Indo-European Telegraph; British Commissioner for settlement of the Perso-Baluch Frontier (1870-71) and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan boundary question (1872-73).
Publication details: London. Macmillan and Co., 1874. R Clay, Sons and Taylor, printers, Bread Streat Hill.
Physical Description: xiv, [2], 673, [3]p., [8] leaves of plates (2 folded): ii, maps, portrait; 23cm (8º).
Ownership: With stamps of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library and embossed stamp of the "Secretary of State for India Library". Marginal ms. annotations in a contemporary hand in ink on pages 101, 194, 196, 264 and 527.
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- 1 volume (673 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references, along with a list of illustrations giving titles and page references. There is also an index which begins on page 661.
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Dimensions: 232mm x 156mm
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- V 21450
- Title
- 'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:14, 14a:14b, 15:18, 1:8, 8a:8b, 9:144, 144a:144b, 145:186, 186a:186b, 187:324, 324a:324b, 325:516, 516a:516b, 517:648, 648a:648b, 649:676, 1:60, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Goldsmid, Sir Frederic John
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