Global Communications, 1561 to 2016
(2022)
Book Chapter
Linge, N. Global Communications, 1561 to 2016. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (425-444). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.44
This chapter explores how the UK has always been at the forefront of global communications. It starts with packet ships that were used to carry handwritten messages across the oceans of the world and established Falmouth in Cornwall as an internation... Read More about Global Communications, 1561 to 2016.