Submarine Cables And International Date Line
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Submarine Cables And International Date Line
The International Date Line is an imaginary line drawn through the Pacific Ocean irregularly, but trending generally in a north and south direction. The islands of the Pacific Ocean are separated in such a way that all those which lie to the east of it carry the same date as the United States, while all those on the west of it use the same date as Japan and Australia. Our map on pages 196 and 197 shows this date line.
The submarine cable connections that are marked with letters represent the telegraph cables that are owned and operated by sovereign states. Those that are marked with numbers represent telegraph cables that are owned and operated by private companies. The explanation of the names of the countries that the letters represent and of the names of the companies that the numbers stand for is subjoined:
Governments. | |||||
A. | G. | Sw. | |||
B. | Belgium. | Gr. | Greece. | T. | Turkey. |
Br. | Great Britain. | I. | Italy. | U.S. | United States |
C. | China. | J. | Japan. | P. | Portugal. |
C. C. | Cochin China. | M. | Mexico. | R. | Russia. |
D. | Denmark. | N. | Netherlands. | S. | Spain. |
F. | France. | ||||
Private Companies.
1.
2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8.
9.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
Direct Spanish Telegraph Company. Halifax and Bermuda Cable Company. Spanish National Submarine Telegraph Company. West African Telegraph Company. Black Sea Telegraph Company. Great Northern Telegraph Company. Eastern Telegraph Company. Eastern and South African Telegraph Company. Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company. Anglo-American Telegraph Company. Direct United States Cable Company. Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques. Western Union Telegraph Company. The Commercial Cable Company. Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company.
16. 17.
18.
19. 20.
21. 22. 23.
24.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29.
African Direct Telegraph Company.
Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company.
West India and Panama Telegraph Company.
Deutsche See-Telegraphen-Gesellschaft
Western and Brazil Telegraph Company.
River Plate Telegraph Company.
Mexican Telegraph Company.
Central and South American Telegraph Company.
West Coast of America Telegraph Company.
South American Cable Company.
Europe and Azores Telegraph Company.
United States and Hayti Telegraph and Cable Company.
Direct West India Cable Company.
The Pacific Commercial Cable Company.
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