The 'Great Eastern' recovering the lost Atlantic cable Size:Large: 7 x 5in Behind him are his supporters

Behind him are his supporters

9-11 Rhaphidozoum acuferum

Napoleon on a plate ready to be carved

detailing prominent figures

and a cannon trained downwards to deter would be bill posters

The 'Great Eastern' recovering the lost Atlantic cable Size:Large: 7 x 5in Behind him are his supportersThe 'Great Eastern' recovering the lost Atlantic cable, 1866, (c1920). An attempt in 1865 by Brunel's giant steamship, the 'Great Eastern' to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped and the end was lost. The following year the 'Great Eastern' succeeded in retrieving the lost cable and completing it, connecting Valentia in Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Instead of the length of a sea voyage, communication time between the two sides