Telegraph and travel : a narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines / by Colonel Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I., late chief director of the government Indo-European telegraph, British commissioner for the settlement of the Perso-Balach frontier (1870-71), and arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan boundary question (1872-73) ; with maps and numerous illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsmid, F. J. (Frederic John), 1818-1908, author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telegraph--India.

Telegraph.

Cables, Submarine.

Asia--Description and travel.

Asia.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 673 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color), portraits.

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan and Company, 1874.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Title vignette.

Includes index.

"Errata."--Insert.

Reproduction of the original from the British Library.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

612549968

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