How undersea cables helped Britain rule its global empire | Explained News
On this day 186 years ago, Samuel Morse received US Patent No. 1647A for his “American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph”. Morse’s groundbreaking invention paved the way for rapid long-distance communication across the oceans. Today, modern fibre-optic cables handle more than 95% of all international data traffic. Though the history of how the ocean floor was wired is…
