Telecommunications and Colonial Rivalry: European Telegraph Cables to the Canary Islands and Northwest Africa, 1883-1914
The first submarine telegraphic cable which linked the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland was inaugurated in 1883. After only one year, the cable reached Senegal, and a decade later, the islands were already connected to Brazil. At a first stage the network was exploited by prestigious English...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. - GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. - 35(2010), 1 (131), Seite 108-124 |
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2010
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung |
| Schlagworte: | Applied sciences Business Behavioral sciences Physical sciences Economics Social sciences Political science Biological sciences |
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