Questions to consider in your essay:
— More general questions: How did 19th-century interests enlarge knowledge of the seas beyond the coasts, winds, and currents that earlier sailors had understood, and how did this knowledge change ideas about the seas?
— More specific questions: What were some of the technological developments necessary to successfully lay a submarine cable across the sea, what particular difficulties did the laying of these cables present, and how were these problems related to the conditions of the oceanic environment? Moreover, how were these cables used, and what benefits did they provide?Sources to use: 1. H. Rozwadowski, “Fathoming All the Ocean” from her Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans, and 2. excerpts from J.S. Gordon’s A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable. PDF files here Download hereand here Download here.
Questions to consider in your essay:
— More general questions: How did 19th-century interests enlarge knowledge of the seas beyond the coasts, winds, and currents that earlier sailors had understood, and how did this knowledge change ideas about the seas?
— More specific questions: What were some of the technological developments necessary to successfully lay a submarine cable across the sea, what particular difficulties did the laying of these cables present, and how were these problems related to the conditions of the oceanic environment? Moreover, how were these cables used, and what benefits did they provide?
