Editorial Reviews - Submarine Communications Cables by Body of Water From the Publisher Chapters: Submarine Communications Cables in the Arabian Sea, Submarine Communications Cables in the Atlantic Ocean, Submarine Communications Cables in the Black Sea, Submarine Communications Cables in the Indian Ocean, Submarine Communications Cables in the Mediterranean Sea, Submarine Communications Cables in the Pacific Ocean, Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, Sea-Me-We 4, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe, Seacom, Pipe Pacific Cable, Sea-Me-We 3, Southern Cross Cable, Teams, Eassy, Pacrimwest, Tpe, Telstra Endeavour, Apcn 2, Gondwana-1, Eig, Jasuraus, I-Me-We, Australia-japan Cable, Unity, Falcon, Aag, Svalbard Undersea Cable System, Greenland Connect, Japan-Us, Apng-2, Transpac, Vsnl Transpacific, Cucn, C2c, Tpc-5cn, Safe, Haw-1, T-V-H, Sam-1, Honotua, Lev, Matrix Cable System, Pan Am, Mednautilus, Bsfocs, Tis, Commonwealth Pacific Cable System, Tiiscs, Minerva, Pc-1, Dumai-Melaka Cable System, I2i, Mena, Seacom Telephone Cable, G-P, Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System, Npc, Alpal-2, Columbus Iii, Rjk, Twa-1, Smpr-1, Kinyras, Tefkros, Cios, Cadmos, Aphrodite-2, Aletar, Ugarit, Berytar, Kafos, Itur. Excerpt: The transatlantic telegraph cable was the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. It crossed from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The transatlantic cable bridged North America and Europe, and expedited communication between the two. Whereas it would normally take at least ten days to deliver a message by ship, it now took a matter of minutes by telegraph. Five attempts to lay it were made over a nine-year periodin 1857, two in 1858, in 1865, and in 1866before lasting connections were finally achieved by Isambard K... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=221374 Synopsis Chapters: Submarine Communications Cables in the Arabian