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Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870. Artist: Unknown

Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870. Artist: Unknown

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Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870. Landing the shore end of the cable at Aden. The cable was laid by Brunel's steamship the 'Great Eastern', visible in the distance. From The Ocean Telegraph to India by JC Parkinson. (London, 1870).

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