Tent Life in Siberia
The attempt which was made by the Western Union Telegraph Company, in 1865-66 and 67, to build an overland line to Europe via Alaska, Bering Strait, and Siberia, was in some respects the most remarkable undertaking of the nineteenth century. Bold in its conception, and important in the ends at which it aimed, it attracted at one time the attention of the whole civilised world, and was regarded as the greatest telegraphic enterprise which had ever engaged American capital. Like all unsuccessful ventures, however, in this progressive age, it has been speedily forgotten, and the brilliant success of the Atlantic cable has driven it entirely out…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-7481-1192-4
- EAN: 9783748111924
- Produktnummer: 29013369
- Verlag: BoD E-Short
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 529 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'307 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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