The Story of the First Transatlantic Cable (Throughline+)

Throughline producers Lawrence Wu and Devin Katayama discuss the discoveries and delights of making our episode about the ...
WESA

Roots of internet infrastructure are under the ocean -- and date to the mid-1800s

What powers the global internet? The answer might surprise you. It's not satellites, but hundreds of thin cables that run along the ocean floor. The roots of this crucial and often fragile oceanic ...
The Baltimore Sun

Amazon eyes Ocean City for transatlantic fiber optic cable landing

Ocean City officials are in talks with online retail giant Amazon about bringing the first transatlantic data cable to Maryland, with a U.S. landing point proposed at the Ocean City Municipal Airport, ...
insider.si.edu

Tiffany's Transatlantic Cable Souvenir

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The completion of the first ...