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__NOTOC__[[File:Landing_of_the_Atlantic_Cable_of_1866,_Heart's_Content,_Newfoundland.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px320px|The Landing of the Transatlantic cable in Newfoundland in 1866]]
The development of [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQFJFWI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00AQFJFWI&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a4c4bc8ce983a7d39eabf65c43406a44 the electric telegraph] greatly changed the way diplomacy was conducted in the 19th century. Until that time information was exchanged at the speed of a sailing ship or a galloping horse. During the 1830s and 1840s, inventors working independently in several countries developed workable electric telegraphs, and these devices quickly superseded other technologies with the same name.