Tent-Life in Siberia and Adventures Among (Classic Reprint)

The attempt which was made by the Western Union Telegraph Company, in 1865-6 and 7, to build an overland line to Europe via A laska, Behring s Straits, and Siberia, was in some respects the most remarkable undertaking of the present century. Bold in its conception, ad important in the ends at which it aimed, it attracted I one time the attention of the whole civilized world, and was regarded as the greatest telegraphic enterprise which had ever engaged American capital. like all unsuccessful ventures, however, in this progressive age, it has been speedily forgotten, and the brilliant success of the Atlantic Cable has driven it entirely out of the public mind. Most readers are familiar with the principal facts in the history of this enterprise, from its organization to its ultimate abandonment; but only a few, even of its original projectors, know anything about the work which it accomplished in British Columbia, A laska, and Siberia; the obstacles which were met and overcome by its exploring and working parties; and the contributions which it made to our knowledge of an hitherto untravelled, unvisited region.
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